Propitiating
[prəʊ'pɪʃi:,eɪtɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Propitiate
Typed by Cyril
Examples
- I am ashamed to trouble you, Mr. Farebrother, said Fred, whose fair open face was propitiating, but you are the only friend I can consult. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Now, I'm blest if I understand you, Governors Both,' said the informer, in a creeping manner: propitiating both, though only one had spoken. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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