propitiate
verb (used with object)
to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
was propitiating
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past progressiveof propitiate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I am ashamed to trouble you, Mr. Farebrother," said Fred, whose fair open face was propitiating, "but you are the only friend I can consult.
From Middlemarch by George Eliot
