1 February 2015

propitiate

[pruh-pish-ee-eyt]

verb (used with object), propitiated, propitiating.
1. to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.

Origin

Latin

1635-1645; < Latin propitiātus, past participle of propitiāre to appease. See propitious, -ate1

Related forms

propitiable [pruh-pish-ee-uh-buh l] (Show IPA), adjective
propitiatingly, adverb
propitiative, adjective
propitiator, noun
nonpropitiable, adjective

Synonyms
See appease.

Antonyms
anger, arouse.

Dictionary.com

Examples from the web for propitiate
– It is a vision of tribes who worship together, propitiate the gods together, and die together.

Anagram

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pair tiptoe
I pot pirate

Today’s aphorism

I’m just a human being trying to make it in a world that is very rapidly losing it’s understanding of being human.

– John Trudell

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