propitiate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit.
To make propitious or favourable.
To make propitiation.

/ˌpɹəˈpɪʃieɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-propitiate.wav

propitiate propitiates propitiating propitiated

From Latin propitiāt-, the past participial stem of propitiāre (“make favourable”), from propitius (“favourable, gracious”).

appease atone

propitious

propitiatingly propitiation propitiative propitiatory propitious propitiousness repropitiate unpropitiated unpropitiating

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