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propitiate

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌpɹəˈpɪʃieɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aeiiopprttStarts with PEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. make peace with

Word origin

From Latin propitiāt-, the past participial stem of propitiāre (“make favourable”), from propitius (“favourable, gracious”).

Used in a sentence

  • Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god propitiate, and the pest assuage.
  • But polite and politic it is, to propitiate your hostess.
  • [H]e heard . . . one of the soldiers singing as he cleaned his rifle—the men always sang over this business, as if to propitiate the gun god.

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