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.
| 1553 T. Watson in Crowley Soph. Dr. Watson ii. (1569) 130 Graunt good Lord, that this sacrifice..be propitiable or a meane to obteyne mercy. 1563 Foxe 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.
| 1557 Sarum Primer, Dirige L vj, Almightie eternall God,..bee propiciable to the soule of thy servaunte. 1662 H. 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. 1890 S. J. Duncan Soc. Depart. 305 [She] is propitiable, and walks the deck daily with her former calumniators. |