propitiate

«propitiate» in Mova's school dictionary: To make a god, spirit or angry person calm and friendly… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (propitiate, propitiates, propitiated, propitiating)

meaning for a pupil

To make a god, spirit or angry person calm and friendly again, often by gifts or sacrifices. tree →

sense 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 →
• They made a sacrifice to propitiate the angry goddess. tree →
• The king tried to propitiate the giant with gold. tree →
• Before the voyage, they sacrificed a lamb to propitiate Neptune. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «propitiate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.