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propitiable, a.|prəʊˈpɪʃɪəb(ə)l|
[ad. L. propitiābil-is easy to be appeased: see propitiate v. and -able; cf. obs. F. propiciable, -tiable (15th c. in Godef.).]
†1. Able to propitiate. Obs. rare.
1553T. Watson in Crowley Soph. Dr. Watson ii. (1569) 130 Graunt good Lord, that this sacrifice..be propitiable or a meane to obteyne mercy. 1563Foxe A. & M. 979/1 In the Masse..the liuely sacrifice of the Churche, which is propitiable, as well for the synnes of the quicke, as of the dead.
2. Capable of being propitiated or made propitious.
1557Sarum Primer, Dirige L vj, Almightie eternall God,..bee propiciable to the soule of thy servaunte. 1662H. More Philos. Writ. Pref. Gen. (1712) 10 It could never enter into my mind, that he [God] was either irritable or propitiable, by the omitting or performing of any mean and insignificant services. 1890S. J. Duncan Soc. Depart. 305 [She] is propitiable, and walks the deck daily with her former calumniators. |