Propitiate

(-pĭsh'ĭ-āt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. PROPITIATED; p. pr. & vb. n. PROPITIATING.] [Lat. propitiare, propitiatum, from propitius, favorable; It. propiziare, Sp. propiciar, O. Fr. propitier. See PROPITIOUS.] To appease and render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate. Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god propitiate, and the pest assuage. Pope.