Verb
To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate.
To make propitiation; to atone.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA man could fight bullets and bayonets, even rockets if he understood the weapon, but no man understood the invisible enemies. Sharpe wished he knew how to propitiate Fate, the soldiers' Goddess, but She was a capricious deity, without loyalty. Bernard Cornwell
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. Source: Internet
"Great Britain would have preferred to overthrow Nasser; America, however uncomfortable with the ' Czech arms deal ', thought it wiser to propitiate him." Source: Internet
The blood from all chthonic sacrifices including those to propitiate Hades dripped into a pit or cleft in the ground. Source: Internet
Ritual offerings are made during the different stages of rice production to propitiate the Rice Goddess in the corresponding cultures. Source: Internet