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pro⋅pi⋅ti⋅ate
[pruh-pish-ee-eyt] 
–verb (used with object) -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
| to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate. |
Related forms:
pro⋅pi⋅ti⋅a⋅ble [pruh-pish-ee-uh-buh
l] , adjective
[pruh-pish-ee-uh-buhl] , adjective pro⋅pi⋅ti⋅at⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
pro⋅pi⋅ti⋅a⋅tive, adjective
pro⋅pi⋅ti⋅a⋅tor, noun
Antonyms:
anger, arouse.
anger, arouse.
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| pro·pi·ti·ate (prō-pĭsh'ē-āt') tr.v. pro·pi·ti·at·ed, pro·pi·ti·at·ing, pro·pi·ti·ates To conciliate (an offended power); appease: propitiate the gods with a sacrifice. [Latin propitiāre, propitiāt-, from propitius, propitious; see propitious.] pro·pi'ti·a·ble (-pĭsh'ē-ə-bəl, -pĭsh'ə-bəl) adj., pro·pi'ti·at'ing·ly adv., pro·pi'ti·a'tive adj., pro·pi'ti·a'tor n. |
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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.Propitiate
Pro*pi"ti*ate\, v. i. To make propitiation; to atone.
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