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Propitiate

PROPI'TIATE, v.t. [L. propitio; pio. Eng. pity.] To conciliate; to appease one offended and render him favorable; to make propitious. Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god propitiate and the pest...

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PROPI'TIATE, v.t. [L. propitio; pio. Eng. pity.]

To conciliate; to appease one offended and render him favorable; to make propitious.

Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage,

The god propitiate and the pest assuage.

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