propitiate
verb (used with object)
to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
unpropitiable
-
a word derived from
propitiate.
Example Sentences
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Claire's aspect breathed such desperation that it wrought havoc even with so stolid a perversity as that of the harsh, unpropitiable being whom she confronted.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
