Propitiating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Propitiate \Pro*pi"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propitiated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Propitiating}.] [L. propitiatus, p. p. of
     propitiare to propitiate, fr. propitius favorable. See
     {Propitious}.]
     To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to
     conciliate.


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           Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage,
           The god propitiate, and the pest assuage. --Pope.
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