To bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment.
1 She tried to propitiate the General after her usual manner towards him.
2 We kill the better half of ourselves every day to propitiate them.
3 Such natures are not seldom victims of the power they would propitiate .
4 There were many ways in which to propitiate , to work upon her.
5 She rose, and made an effort to propitiate him by shaking hands.
6 Haman at first tried to propitiate Mordecai by a show of modesty.
7 You've done all and more than you ought to propitiate Miss Triscoe.
8 You propitiate these powers with presents, called sacrifices, and flatteries, called praises.
9 Can you set a thought on Providence, not seeking to propitiate it?
10 Nonsense, Hannah; do not be so hard to propitiate , my good woman!
11 There is no remedy- Imustbe yielded up to propitiate the invaders!
12 Says Nero's own tutor, Seneca, Do you want to propitiate the gods?
13 To propitiate the proprietor and the waiter I ordered hot cheese-cakes.
14 It is all to propitiate the friendship of Bonard-I know it.
15 All were displaying an amicable desire to propitiate the owner of the castle.
16 So he tried to propitiate Job in all manner of ways.
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