Propitiate meaning

prō-pĭshē-āt
propitiated propitiates propitiating
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To cause to become favorably inclined; win or regain the good will of; appease or conciliate.

Sacrifices made to propitiate the gods.

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To propitiate is to make peace with someone, or to do something that pleases someone.

When you give someone a gift to earn his favor and make peace after a fight, this is an example of propitiate.

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To gain or regain the goodwill or favor of; appease.

Propitiate the gods with a sacrifice.

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(dated) To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit.
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Origin of propitiate

  • Latin propitiāre propitiāt- from propitius propitious propitious

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin propitiāre (“make favourable"), from propitius (“favourable, gracious").

    From Wiktionary

Propitiate Sentence Examples

  • The broken old man became feverishly anxious to propitiate offended Heaven, and save himself another Blenheim or Malplaquet, by exterminating the enemies of the Church.

  • The army of Pflug hastily dispersed, and the estates still assembled at Prague endeavoured to propitiate Ferdinand.

  • He was growing old and increasingly superstitious; the affairs of his realm were going from bad to worse; he became frenziedly anxious to propitiate the wrath of his maker by making war on the enemies of the Church.

  • Much could be said about how programming languages, which are highly formal, work to propitiate desire.

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