propitiate

/pɹəpˈɪtɪˌe‍ɪt/

/pɹəpˈɪɾɪˌeɪt/

[verb]

to propitiate

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

to bring an end to the anger of a person, ghost, spirit, or god by pleasing them

synonyms : appease

Examples

1. Doing something on the same year is supposed to propitiate the gods in some way, that in some way it's ordained that these things happened at a given time.

2. This world of magic, then, was essentially a world of trying to propitiate or to manipulate unidentified supernatural powers, largely for the purposes of protection and relief.

3. The age of classical Greek philosophy, the age of the Hebrew prophets, of Confucius, of Buddha, a kind of uncanny coincidence seemingly of movements that went from merely propitiating gods and making sacrifices and begging him for victory and better weather and relief from misfortunes to a more universal system of human betterment, human flourishing.

4. Many summer festivals, such as the Gion, were to propitiate Shinto kami in the hopes that they would save the population from pestilence, earthquake and warfare.