propice

From Old French propice. See propitious.

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpaɪs/

propice (comparative more propice, superlative most propice)

1. (obsolete) Fit; propitious.
   • 1569, Richard Grafton, “Richarde the Thirde”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume II, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, →OCLC, page 816:

     Firſt I phantaſied that if I liſt to take vpon me the crowne and imperiall Scepter of the realme, now was the time propice and conuenient.

• “propice”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• croppie

Learned borrowing from Latin propitius.

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.pis/

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propice (plural propices)

1. (followed by the preposition à) propitious; favorable
2. opportune

• propitiatoire

• favorable
• opportun
• faste

• “propice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Borrowed from French propice.

propice m or f or n (masculine plural propici, feminine/neuter plural propice)

1. propitious