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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) propitiate
to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate:
tried to propitiate the angry gods.

Etymology: (1635–45; < L propitiātus, ptp. of propitiāre, v. der. of

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1. (verb) propitiate, appease
make peace with

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1. (verb) propitiate
to appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate

2. (verb) propitiate
to make propitiation; to atone

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