propitiate
verb (used with object)
to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
will propitiate
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future tenseof propitiate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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If one takes to haunting his premises, he will propitiate it with offerings of silk and look for good luck from its patronage.
From Concerning Animals and Other Matters by Edward Hamilton Aitken
To-morrow I will propitiate her with a goat.”
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
By this means he will propitiate them in his favour, and induce them to regard him as worthy of the trust they have placed in him.
From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by George Routledge
The type of song or dance by which he will propitiate them has been described, and the paths along which he is to proceed have been cut for him.
From Laws by Benjamin Jowett
If the critics condescend to notice it at all, nothing I can say will propitiate their favor, or moderate their censure.
From Talks on Manures A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject by Joseph Harris
