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# propitiate

verb (propitiate, propitiates, propitiated, propitiating)

«propitiate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To make a god, spirit or angry person calm and friendly again, often by gifts or sacrifices. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propitiate/#m1)

### In the lessons

in myths, people give offerings to gods and spirits to propitiate them

### Examples

- The sailors gave gifts to propitiate the sea god. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propitiate/#x1)
- They made a sacrifice to propitiate the angry goddess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propitiate/#x2)
- The king tried to propitiate the giant with gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propitiate/#x3)
- Before the voyage, they sacrificed a lamb to propitiate Neptune. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propitiate/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «propitiate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propitiate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«propitiate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/propitiate.html) on Mova free.