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pro·pi·tious
(prə-pĭsh′əs)adj.
1. Presenting favorable circumstances or showing signs of a favorable outcome; auspicious:"Grandmothers consulted almanacs to determine a propitious hour for the betrothal"(Jhumpa Lahiri).
2. Merciful or kindly:a propitious deity.
[Middle Englishpropicius, from Old Frenchpropicieux, from Latinpropitius; seepet- inIndo-European roots.]
pro·pi′tious·ly adv.
pro·pi′tious·ness n.
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propitious
(prəˈpɪʃəs)adj
1.favourable; auguring well
2.gracious or favourably inclined
[C15: from Latinpropitius well disposed, fromprope close to]
proˈpitiouslyadv
proˈpitiousnessn
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pro•pi•tious
(prəˈpɪʃ əs)adj.
1. presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
2. indicative of favor; auspicious: propitious omens.
3. favorably disposed: a propitious ruler.
[1400–50; late Middle Englishpropicius < Latinpropitius, probably =pro-pro-1 +-pit-, comb. form ofpetere to head for, resort to, solicit +-ius adj. suffix; see-ous]
pro•pi′tious•ly,adv.
pro•pi′tious•ness,n.
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Adj. | 1. | propitious - presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success; "propitious omens"; "propitious gales speeded us along"; "a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration" auspicious - auguring favorable circumstances and good luck; "an auspicious beginning for the campaign" favorable,favourable - (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable" unpropitious - not propitious |
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propitious
adjectivefavourable,timely,promising,encouraging,bright,lucky,fortunate,prosperous,rosy,advantageous,auspicious,opportune,full of promisethe most propitious moment to launch the campaign
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propitious
adjective1.Affording benefit:
2.Occurring at a fitting or advantageous time:
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THE two brightest lights of Theosophy being in the same place at once in company with the Ashes of Madame Blavatsky, an Inquiring Soul thought the timepropitious to learn something worth while.
Her answer, therefore, was notpropitious, at least not to Elizabeth's wishes, for she was impatient to get home.
Having carefully considered the subject of the above discourses, and wondering within myself whether the present times werepropitious to a new prince, and whether there were elements that would give an opportunity to a wise and virtuous one to introduce a new order of things which would do honour to him and good to the people of this country, it appears to me that so many things concur to favour a new prince that I never knew a time more fit than the present.
The first few days of the voyage passed prosperously, amid favourable weather andpropitious winds, and they soon came in sight of the great Andaman, the principal of the islands in the Bay of Bengal, with its picturesque Saddle Peak, two thousand four hundred feet high, looming above the waters.
Gringoire, a practical philosopher of the streets of Paris, had noticed that nothing is morepropitious to revery than following a pretty woman without knowing whither she is going.
At last, Providence beingpropitious, this wonderful loading came to a happy termination, Captain Nicholl's third bet being thus lost.
"So it behooves us to leave at the first moment that appears at allpropitious."
And to behold him now, seeking small loans with plaintive condescension, sponging for breakfast on an art-student of nineteen, a fallen Don Juan who had neglected to die at thepropitious hour, had a colour of romance for young imaginations.
The day was clear and bright; and Blue John anticipated that the skies would bepropitious. He departed in high spirits with his forlorn hope; and never did band of braves make a more gallant display-horsemen and horses being decorated and equipped in the fiercest and most glaring style - glittering with arms and ornaments, and fluttering with feathers.
"My lord," said the queen, "permit me to observe that I agree in every particular with the Duke of Norfolk; if the heavens, instead of being clouded as they are at the present moment, were perfectly serene andpropitious, we can still afford to bestow a few hours upon the officer who has conducted us so successfully, and with such extreme attention, to the French coast, where he is to take leave of us."
Left alone, or as he thought alone, with the girl in the growing shadows of the evening, von Horn thought the momentpropitious for renewing his suit.
The weather waspropitious; the air, though still damp, began to be tempered by those pale rays of the April sun which, being the first, appear so congenial, although so pale.
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