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Support the thing one took in to appease (10)

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I believe the answer is:

propitiate

'to appease' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'support the thing one took' is the wordplay.
'support' becomes 'prop' (prop up can mean to support).
'the thing' becomes 'it'.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'took' becomes 'ate' (eating is a kind of taking).
'prop'+'it'+'i'+'ate'='PROPITIATE'

'in' is the link.

(Another definition for propitiate that I've seen is " Appease".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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