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PROPITIOUS

\pɹəpˈɪʃəs], \pɹəpˈɪʃəs], \p_ɹ_ə_p_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_s]\

Definitions of PROPITIOUS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary

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Hence, kind; gracious; merciful; helpful; -- said of a person or a divinity.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Favorably inclined; gracious; favorable; fortunate; as, propitious weather.
Propitiously.
Propitiousness.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Propitiously.
Propitiousness.
Favorable: disposed to be gracious or merciful.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Favorably disposed.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

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