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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Pro-pi'tious

  1. Favorable; kind;—said of men.
  2. Disposed to be gracious or merciful; ready to forgive sins and bestow blessings;—said of God.
  3. Favorable; as, a propitious season.

Synonyms—Auspicious; favorable; kind.—Auspicious, from the ancient idea of auspices, or auguries, denotes “indicative of success,” or “attended by favorable circumstances,” as, an auspicious opening, an auspicious event. Propitious denotes that which affords favorable circumstances in some undertaking, speeds our exertions, and decides our success; as propitious gales; propitious influences; a propitious climate. “A journey is undertaken under auspicious circumstances, when every thing incidental, as weather, season, and the like, take fair turn to afford us pleasure; a journey is undertaken under propitious circumstances when every thing favors the attainment of the object for which it was begun.” Crabb.

Let out my word afford them. My Maker, be propitious while I pray. Milton. Fortune play upon thy prosperous helm, In thy auspicious children. Shak.