Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Propitious

Propitious , adjective

[Latin propitius, perhaps originally a term of augury meaning, flying forward (pro) or well; compare Sanskrit pat to fly, English petition, feather.]

1.
Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze.
2.
Hence, kind; gracious; merciful; helpful; -- said of a person or a divinity. — Milton
And now t' assuage the force of this new flame, And make thee [Love] more propitious in my need. — Spenser