Hypertext Webster Gateway: "propitiate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Propitiate \Pro*pi"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propitiated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Propitiating}.] [L. propitiatus, p. p. of
propitiare to propitiate, fr. propitius favorable. See
{Propitious}.]
To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to
conciliate.
Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god
propitiate, and the pest assuage. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Propitiate \Pro*pi"ti*ate\, v. i.
To make propitiation; to atone.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
propitiate
v : make peace with [syn: {appease}]
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