Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRO-PI'TIATE
PRO-PI'TIATE, v.t. [L. propitio. Qu. pro and the root of L. 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. – Pope.
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