Dictionary Entry

propitious

Part of Speech: adjectivePronunciation: /pɹoʊˈpɪʃəs/Used In Literature ↓

Favorable; benevolent.

In a Sentence

“propitious weather”

Origin

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Common Phrases

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Poetry examples for “propitious”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

For this, ere Phoebus rose, he had implored
Propitious Heaven, and every power adored,
But chiefly Love--to Love an altar built,

Thou with fresh hope the Lovers heart dost fill,
While the jolly hours lead on propitious May,
Thy liquid notes that close the eye of Day,

Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill,
While the jolly Hours lead on propitious May.
Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day, 5

Oh! might we draw our omens from the past,
Some hour propitious to our prayers may boast
Names such as hallow still the dome we lost. 30

Mother of gods, thou Wife of starry Heaven, _25
Farewell! be thou propitious, and be given
A happy life for this brief melody,

The Pow'r propitious hears the lay,
The blue-ey'd daughters of the sea

Then grant, Maecenas, thy paternal rays,
Hear me propitious, and defend my lays.

It cannot be--unerring Wisdom guides
With eye propitious, and o'er all presides.
Still prosper, Amory! still may'st thou receive

Unnumber'd charms and recent graces rise.
Muse! bow propitious while my pen relates
How pour her armies through a thousand gates,

Or compass that, by meddling wit,
Which only the propitious mind
Publishes when 't is inclined.