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, […], London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, OCLC 1252105791; republished in Grafton’s Chronicle; or, History of England. […], volume II, London: […] [George Woodfall] for J[oseph] Johnson; […], 1809, OCLC 931124841, page 127:

     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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

• 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.

From French propice.

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

1. propitious