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Propitiate is an English word with synonyms like appease or reconcile. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Propitiate | Propitiated

Propitiate meaning

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

Synonyms of Propitiate

appease reconcile patch up make up conciliate settle

Related words

Other words often associated with Propitiate or its synonyms:

agree hold placate quiet mollify pacify gentle assuage tranquilize concur calm set

Using Propitiate

  • The main meaning on this page is: To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit. | To make propitious or favourable. | To make propitiation.
  • Useful related words include: appease, reconcile, patch up, make up.
  • In the example corpus, propitiate often appears in combinations such as: to propitiate, propitiate the.

Context around Propitiate

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

people 1×

Often after:

hades 1×

Sentence patterns with Propitiate

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

him to propitiate the nobles 1× peacefully people propitiate her by 1× production to propitiate the rice 1× those to propitiate hades dripped 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although he had 1× ritual offerings are 1× the blood from 1× therefore in order 1×

Common sentence endings:

her sacred days 1× in the ground 1× of the court 1× the corresponding cultures 1×

Words around Propitiate

Just before it in the word index:

propiska 2 propionate 9 propinquity 2 propilot 8 propiedades 3 prophylaxis 29

Just after it in the word index:

propitiated 5 propitiation 11 propitiatory 4 propitious 13 proplastid 3 proplastids 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 6 aaah 6 aaargh 6 aacl 6 aadhi 6 aak 6

Corpus analysis for Propitiate

  • In this selection, "propitiate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, people and hades stand out and add context to how "propitiate" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include him to propitiate the nobles and peacefully people propitiate her by. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "propitiate" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with propitiate

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Therefore, in order to live here peacefully, people propitiate her by worshipping her on her sacred days. (17 words)

Ritual offerings are made during the different stages of rice production to propitiate the Rice Goddess in the corresponding cultures. (20 words)

The blood from all chthonic sacrifices including those to propitiate Hades dripped into a pit or cleft in the ground. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Although he had some trouble with the peasantry, the lands and treasures of the church enabled him to propitiate the nobles and for a time to provide for the expenses of the court. (33 words)

Ritual offerings are made during the different stages of rice production to propitiate the Rice Goddess in the corresponding cultures. (20 words)

The blood from all chthonic sacrifices including those to propitiate Hades dripped into a pit or cleft in the ground. (20 words)

Example sentences (4)

Therefore, in order to live here peacefully, people propitiate her by worshipping her on her sacred days.

Although he had some trouble with the peasantry, the lands and treasures of the church enabled him to propitiate the nobles and for a time to provide for the expenses of the court.

Ritual offerings are made during the different stages of rice production to propitiate the Rice Goddess in the corresponding cultures.

The blood from all chthonic sacrifices including those to propitiate Hades dripped into a pit or cleft in the ground.

Common combinations with propitiate

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "propitiate" in a sentence?
An example: "Therefore, in order to live here peacefully, people propitiate her by worshipping her on her sacred days." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "propitiate" from authentic English texts.
What does "propitiate" mean?
Propitiate means: To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit.
What are synonyms of "propitiate"?
Common synonyms of "propitiate" include: appease, reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle.
How many example sentences with "propitiate" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "propitiate", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.