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1 Propitiate -- rank: 1000
Propitiate definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PROPI'TIATE, v.t. [L ... propitious. Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god propitiate and the pest assuage. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: make peace with [syn: propitiate, appease] Merriam Webster's transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Latin ... n. Etymology: L propitiare (as PROPITIOUS) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Propitiate Pro*pi"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Propitiated ... vb. n. Propitiating.] [L. propitiatus, p. p. of propitiare to propitiate, fr. propitius favorable. See Propitious.] To appease to render favorable ... conciliate. Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god propitiate, and the pest assuage. --Pope. Webster's 1913 Dictionary ...
2 Appease -- rank: 486
... hunger" [syn: quell, stay, appease] 3: make peace with [syn: propitiate, appease] Merriam Webster's transitive verb (appeased; appeasing) Etymology: Middle ... to appease hunger or thirst. Syn: To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage; compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize. Collin's Cobuild ... hush, lull, dull, quell, blunt, temper, attemper, lessen, qualify. 2. Propitiate, reconcile, satisfy, placate, make propitious, make favorable. Moby Thesaurus abate ... poultice, pour balm into, pour balm on, pour oil on, propitiate, quell, quench, quiet, reduce, regale, relieve, rest, rock, rock to ...
3 Conciliate -- rank: 486
... will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease. The rapacity of his father's administration had ... found expedient to conciliate the nation. --Hallam. Syn: To reconcile; propitiate; appease; pacify. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (conciliates, conciliating, conciliated) If ... ing Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms v. a. 1. Propitiate, reconcile, pacify, appease. 2. Win, gain, engage, secure, draw over ... lay, lay the dust, mollify, pacify, placate, pour balm on, propitiate, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, soothe, tranquilize
4 Pacify -- rank: 486
... or agitation of ; soothe < pacify a crying child > b. appease, propitiate 2. a. to restore to a tranquil state ; settle < made ... pacify the country > • pacifiable adjective Synonyms: pacify, appease, placate, mollify, propitiate, conciliate mean to ease the anger or disturbance of. pacify ... feelings or rising anger < a speech that mollified the demonstrators >. propitiate implies averting anger or malevolence especially of a superior being ... normalize, order, organize, placate, pour balm into, pour balm on, propitiate, qualify, quell, quiesce, quiet, quieten, rank, regularize, regulate, relieve, rest ...
5 Propitiatory -- rank: 419
... propitiatory] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1551 1. intended to propitiate ; expiatory 2. of or relating to propitiation Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. serving or intended to propitiate (a propitiatory smile). Derivatives: propitiatorily adv. Etymology: ME f. LL propitiatorius (as PROPITIATE) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Propitiatory Pro*pi"ti*a*to ...
6 SACRIFICE, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT -- rank: 419
... words with the propitiatory idea occur as follows: (hilaskomai, "to propitiate," 12 times in the Septuagint, translated "to forgive") occurs twice ... does use the words "redemption" (9:12; compare 9:15), "propitiate" (2:17), and emphasizes the opening up of the heavenly ... God? The New Testament writers never hint that our sacrifices propitiate God, or so win His favor that He will or ...
7 Propitiating -- rank: 419
... the wrath of and rendering favorable. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Propitiate Pro*pi"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Propitiated ... vb. n. Propitiating.] [L. propitiatus, p. p. of propitiare to propitiate, fr. propitius favorable. See Propitious.] To appease to render favorable ... conciliate. Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god propitiate, and the pest assuage. --Pope.
8 Propitiated -- rank: 419
... pp. Appeased and rendered favorable; conciliated. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Propitiate Pro*pi"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Propitiated ... vb. n. Propitiating.] [L. propitiatus, p. p. of propitiare to propitiate, fr. propitius favorable. See Propitious.] To appease to render favorable ... conciliate. Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god propitiate, and the pest assuage. --Pope.
9 Atonement -- rank: 331
... 6:11), and, as regards the person, to reconcile, to propitiate God in his behalf. By the atonement of Christ we ... offer," or "receive a sin offering," hence, make atonement, appease, propitiate; "effect reconciliation," i. e. by some conduct, or course of ...
10 Sacrifice -- rank: 331
... act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity [syn: sacrifice, ritual killing] 5: (baseball) an out ... part with, peace offering, perdition, piacular offering, poison, poisoning, privation, propitiate, purge, put away, put down, put to death, put to ...
11 Conciliating -- rank: 331
... will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease. The rapacity of his father's administration had ... found expedient to conciliate the nation. --Hallam. Syn: To reconcile; propitiate; appease; pacify.
12 Reconcile -- rank: 331
... settle; as, to reconcile differences. Syn: To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify; appease. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Reconcile Rec"on*cile ... Dictionary of English Synonyms v. a. 1. Conciliate, pacify, appease, propitiate, restore to friendship, reunite. 2. Content, bring to acquiescence, make ...
13 Propitiation -- rank: 331
... esp. Christ's. 3 archaic a gift etc. meant to propitiate. Etymology: ME f. LL propitiatio (as PROPITIATE) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Propitiation Pro*pi`ti*a"tion ...
14 Maya -- rank: 331
... gods. Ritual bloodletting, torture, and human sacrifice were employed to propitiate the gods, ensure fertility, and stave off cosmic chaos. At ... gods. Ritual bloodletting, torture, and human sacrifice were employed to propitiate the gods, ensure fertility, and stave off cosmic chaos. At ...
15 Conciliated -- rank: 331
... will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease. The rapacity of his father's administration had ... found expedient to conciliate the nation. --Hallam. Syn: To reconcile; propitiate; appease; pacify.
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