Propitiate
[prə'pɪʃɪeɪt] or [prə'pɪʃɪet]
Definition
(v. t.) To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate.
(v. i.) To make propitiation; to atone.
Typed by Chauncey
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Conciliate, appease, pacify, reconcile, gain the favor of, make propitious, make favorable.
Checker: Reginald
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Conciliate, secure, appease, win, reconcile, pacify
ANT:Exasperate, alienate, offend, estrange
Editor: Manuel
Definition
v.t. to make propitious: to render favourable.—v.i. to make propitiation: to atone.—adj. Propi′tiable that maybe propitiated or rendered favourable.—ns. Propitiā′tion act of propitiating: (theol.) that which propitiates: atonement: the death of Christ as a ground of the forgiveness of sin; Propi′tiātor.—adv. Propi′tiatorily.—adj. Propi′tiātory having power to propitiate: expiatory.—n. the Jewish mercy-seat.—adj. Propi′tious favourable: disposed to be gracious or merciful: ready to forgive.—adv. Propi′tiously.—n. Propi′tiousness.
Checker: Mattie
Examples
- I told him I did, and it was because I did and meant to do so to the last, that I would not stoop to propitiate any of them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Her demeanour was that of respect, unmingled by the least shade either of fear, or of a wish to propitiate favour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- You had better, Lucie, said Mr. Lorry, doing all he could to propitiate, by tone and manner, have the dear child here, and our good Pross. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He knew an abundance of simple acts to propitiate and invite the approaches of the little people, and he resolved to play his part right skilfully. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There had been something so tremendous in the shrinking off of the three, that the wretched man was willing to propitiate even this lad. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- A disposition to propitiate him even after he was dead is quite understandable. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I erect my altar to τ?ν ?γναστον Θε?ν, Mr Roylands, and strive to propitiate him by helping my fellow-creatures. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Once angered, I doubt if Dr. Bretton were to be soon propitiated--once alienated, whether he were ever to be reclaimed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- 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.
Typist: Osborn