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- pronunciation:
- pr
pI
shi
eIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
propitiates, propitiating, propitiated |
| definition: |
to overcome the disfavor or distrust of; conciliate; appease.
He hoped to propitiate the goddess by slaying the vicious monster.- synonyms:
- appease, conciliate, disarm, pacify
- antonyms:
- provoke
- similar words:
- allay, lull, mollify, placate, reconcile, soothe
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| related words: |
lull, reconcile |
(v.)propitiate
+ noun
ancestor, ase, ceremony, daughter, deity, family, fertility, god, goddess, grudge, libation, power, resignation, sacrifice, spirit, tyrant, urge
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| derivations: |
propitiatory (adj.), propitiatingly (adv.), propitiator (n.) |
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