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Meanings of propitiate in English

Portuguese
acalmar
Spanish
propiciar

To bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment.

acalmar
Usage of propitiate in English
1
She tried to propitiate the General after her usual manner towards him.
Mary Gray
2
We kill the better half of ourselves every day to propitiate them.
Heartbreak House
3
Such natures are not seldom victims of the power they would propitiate.
The Three Brontës
4
There were many ways in which to propitiate, to work upon her.
The Mating of Lydia
5
She rose, and made an effort to propitiate him by shaking hands.
Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time
6
Haman at first tried to propitiate Mordecai by a show of modesty.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4
7
You've done all and more than you ought to propitiate Miss Triscoe.
Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 3
8
You propitiate these powers with presents, called sacrifices, and flatteries, called praises.
On the Prospects of Christianity / Bernard Shaw's Preface to And...
9
Can you set a thought on Providence, not seeking to propitiate it?
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 4
10
Nonsense, Hannah; do not be so hard to propitiate, my good woman!
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
11
There is no remedy- Imustbe yielded up to propitiate the invaders!
Chinese Literature / Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the S...
12
Says Nero's own tutor, Seneca, Do you want to propitiate the gods?
Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
13
To propitiate the proprietor and the waiter I ordered hot cheese-cakes.
The Rise of David Levinsky
14
It is all to propitiate the friendship of Bonard-I know it.
Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life
15
All were displaying an amicable desire to propitiate the owner of the castle.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
16
So he tried to propitiate Job in all manner of ways.
Mary Barton
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