Since the imposition involved is on the speaker, it might seem odd that the requester should need to be propitiated.
She is propitiated especially at times of pestilence, when chickenpox and measles strike.
Officially, the payment was intended to propitiate the troops and, hence, to reduce their tendency to loot and foment disorder.
Desire is perceived as fate-the natural force that rules the self with impossible demands, the tyrant that can be neither mastered nor propitiated.
Senior staff will be propitiated, small concessions will be made and assurances will be given.
We seek to propitiate very small minorities, and that does lead us to overlook the interests of vast majorities.
Then the wheat grower was propitiated with a quota, which is protection, trying hard to disguise itself.
Appeasement may mean nothing more than an attempt to please and propitiate your opponent.
