† proˈpiciant, a. Sc. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. propitiānt-em, pres. pple. of propiti-āre to propitiate.]
= propitious a. 1.
| 1533 Bellenden Livy iii. vii. (S.T.S.) I. 272 We haue þe goddis mare propiciant to ws quhen we ar fechtand. 1548 Sc. Acts Mary (1814) II. 481/2 To aide..and defend at his powar this tender princes..as propiciant and helplyke brother. |