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Fit; propitious. [Obs.] E. Hall.

, CH3.CH2.CH, analogous to ethylidene, and regarded as the type of certain derivatives of propane; -- called also propylidene.

The act of pledging, or drinking first, and then offering the cup to another. [Obs.] Abp. Potter.

sing the cup. [Obs.] The lovely sorceress mixed, and to the prince Health, peace, and joy propined. C. Smart.

Nearness in place; neighborhood; proximity.

A hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of propine and allied compounds.

A salt of propiolic acid.

Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also propargylic acid) of the acetylene or tetrolic series, analogous to propionic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance.C3H2O2, CH.C.COOH

A salt of propionic acid.

The ketone of propionic acid, obtained as a colorless fragrant liquid.

Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acid which is produced in the distillation of wood, in the fermentation of various organic substances, as glycerin, calcium lactate, etc., and is obtained as a colorless liquid having a sharp, pungent odor. Propionic acid is so called because it is the first or lo…

The hypothetical radical C3H5O, regarded as the essential residue of propionic acid and certain related compounds.

A genus including the long-tailed, or diadem, indris. See Indris.

Capable of being propitiated.

To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate. Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god propitiate, and the pest assuage. Pope.

f appeasing the wrath and conciliating the favor of an offended person; the act of making propitious.

One who propitiates or appeases.

By way of propitiation.

Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice. Sharp.

Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze.