propitiate

But if there is a Providence that allows itself to be propitiated, make yourself worthy of the help of the divinity.

Odysseus was able to propitiate some with suitable offerings, once he understood the offence he had given.

It seems that one must flail about against all of the idols, oh, I'm sorry, icons, hoping that one of the motions I have just performed will propitiate the gods.

Strictly speaking, 20 seconds of content would only require 9 minutes and 40 seconds of useless padding in order to propitiate The Algorithm.

If we admit this possibility, then we need to propitiate every imaginable omnipotent being, just in case.

Worse, it creates friction when refactoring code, since any change that involves splitting or merging two types, or tweaking a method's return type, ends up forcing a multitude of edits to other files in order to propitiate the compiler.

Baker, in your opinion, why would a primitive community, mainly concerned with building computer applications almost entirely by hand and under the constant threat of global warming, allow somebody to spend so much time detailing what exactly work will be done, when it will be done, and then also detailing how many hours it actually took?We can only speculate, but we believe it is a relationship to things unseen, the vital forces of nature, that you need to perhaps propitiate, perhaps connect to, in order to ensure your successful life.