Dictionary entry

Propitiate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pro‐pi″ti‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Propitiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Propitiating.] [L. propitiatus, p. p. of propitiare to propitiate, fr. propitius favorable. See Propitious.] To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate.

Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage,

The god propitiate, and the pest assuage. Pope.