propitiate
verb/prəˈpɪʃieɪt/
/prəˈpɪʃieɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they propitiate | /prəˈpɪʃieɪt/ /prəˈpɪʃieɪt/ |
| he / she / it propitiates | /prəˈpɪʃieɪts/ /prəˈpɪʃieɪts/ |
| past simple propitiated | /prəˈpɪʃieɪtɪd/ /prəˈpɪʃieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle propitiated | /prəˈpɪʃieɪtɪd/ /prəˈpɪʃieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form propitiating | /prəˈpɪʃieɪtɪŋ/ /prəˈpɪʃieɪtɪŋ/ |
- propitiate somebody to stop somebody from being angry by trying to please them synonym placate
- Sacrifices were made to propitiate the gods.
Word Originlate Middle English (as propitiation): from Latin propitiat- ‘made favourable’, from the verb propitiare, from propitius ‘favourable, gracious’.Definitions on the go
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