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propitiate (proh PISH ee ayt") (verb), propitiates; propitiated; propitiating
To make someone who feels offended to be less angry and to get him or her to react in a more friendly way: When Jerome told Sara that he didn't agree with her political view, she responded to his comment by being very loud until he tried to propitiate her by saying that she certainly had a right to her opinion even if it disagreed with his.
To render favorable, to conciliate.
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