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    propitiate

    propitiate - Dictionary definition and meaning for word propitiate

    Definition
    (verb) make peace with
    Synonyms : appease
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for propitiate

PROf+PITI- if you want professor's pity then you would have to appease him/her.

propiti + ate .. propiti sounds very close to property.. + ate .. so just imagine if you elder brother ate (here it means encroach) all your property ....you will quarrel with him... your father will try to appease or pacify you.

"prop"(prophet) + "itiate"(initiate) initiate the work of a prophet/priest..i.e maiking peace.

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