Olive-branch
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To extend an olive branch; to make a peace offering; to attempt to restore peaceful relations.
"As she looked at this bunch of too-full-blown roses, and realized the message that it was intended delicately to convey, the dove-like and olive-branching sentiments departed from her breast—and in their place came sentiments compounded of daggers and bow-strings and very poisonous bowls!"
Example
More examples"As she looked at this bunch of too-full-blown roses, and realized the message that it was intended delicately to convey, the dove-like and olive-branching sentiments departed from her breast—and in their place came sentiments compounded of daggers and bow-strings and very poisonous bowls!"
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