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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROPI'TIATE, v.t. [L. propitio; pio. Eng. pity.]
To conciliate; to appease one offended and render him favorable; to make propitious.
Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage,
The god propitiate and the pest assuage.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make peace with [syn: propitiate, appease]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Latin propitiatus, past participle of propitiare, from propitius propitious Date: 1583 to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of ; appease, conciliate Synonyms: see pacify • propitiator noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. appease (an offended person etc.). Derivatives: propitiator n. Etymology: L propitiare (as PROPITIOUS)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Propitiate Pro*pi"ti*ate, v. i. To make propitiation; to atone.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(propitiates, propitiating, propitiated) If you propitiate someone, you stop them being angry or impatient by doing something to please them. (FORMAL) I've never gone out of my way to propitiate people... These ancient ceremonies propitiate the spirits of the waters. = appease, placate VERB: V n, V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Conciliate, appease, pacify, reconcile, gain the favor of, make propitious, make favorable. II. v. n. Atone, make propitiation, satisfy.

Moby Thesaurus

adapt, adjust, allay, appease, assuage, atone, atone for, calm, compensate, conciliate, conform, content, cool, defuse, dulcify, expiate, give satisfaction, immolate before, intercede, lay, lay the dust, live down, make amends, make compensation, make good, make matters up, make propitiation, make reparation, make right, make sacrifice to, make up for, mediate, mollify, offer sacrifice, pacify, pay the forfeit, pay the penalty, placate, pour balm on, recompense, reconcile, redeem, redress, repair, sacrifice, satisfy, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, soothe, square it, square things, sweeten, tranquilize