Propitious

pro-pish'us, a. Favorable kind ready to forgive sins and bestow ble ings auspicious. [ME. and OF. propice, L. prop it i us, prob. orig. a term of augury, pro and petere, to fly.] — Propitiously, adv.— Propi'tiate, -T-at, v. To appease and render favorable, make propitious. [L. prop it i are, -atum.] — Propi'tiable, o. — Propi tia 'tion, n. Act of propitiating or making propitious that which, etc. (Theol.) The atonement or atoning sacrifice. [F.] — Propi'tia'tor, n.— Propi'tiatory, -a-to-rt, a. Having the power to make propitious pert, to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory. — n. (Jewish Antiq.) The mercy-seat; the lid or cover of the ark of the covenant the symbol of the propitiated Jehovah.