propitiate

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (transitive) To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit.
  2. (transitive) To make propitious or favourable.
  3. (intransitive) To make propitiation.

Concepts

rendre favorable

se faire pardonner par

Traductions

Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˌpɹəˈpɪʃieɪt/
Étymologie (Anglais)

From Latin propitiāt-, the past participial stem of propitiāre (“make favourable”), from propitius (“favourable, gracious”).

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