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PROPITIATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they propitiate ... he / she / it propitiates
Past simple: propitiated
Past participle: propitiated
-ing form: propitiating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make peace with
Synonyms:
appease; propitiate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "propitiate" is one way to...):
conciliate; make up; patch up; reconcile; settle (come to terms)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
propitiation (the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity)
propitiative; propitiatory (intended to reconcile or appease)
