propitiate
verb (used with object)
to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
propitiator
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a word derived from
propitiate.
Example Sentences
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In the first place, there ought to be a word of God from which we may certainly know that God wishes to pity, and hearken to, those calling upon Him through this propitiator.
From Apology of the Augsburg Confession by Philipp Melanchthon
When the nation was rent in twain, Lincoln, the propitiator, counselled conciliation.
From Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson
