placate
11placate — placate1 placater, n. placation /play kay sheuhn/, n. /play kayt, plak ayt/, v.t., placated, placating. to appease or pacify, esp. by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry. [1670 80; < L placatus ptp. of placare… …
12placate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. soothe, quiet; pacify, conciliate; satisfy, give satisfaction, make it up; butter up, rub the right way. See pacification, flattery. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. pacify, mollify, appease; see pacify 1 ,… …
13placate — pla|cate [pləˈkeıt US ˈpleıkeıt] v [T] formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of placare] to make someone stop feeling angry = ↑appease ▪ These changes did little to placate the unions. >placatory [pləˈkeıtəri, ˈplækətəri… …
14placate — pla|cate [ pleıkeıt ] verb transitive FORMAL to stop someone from feeling angry or offended by being nice to them or giving them what they want: PACIFY: Efforts to placate local government officials have thus far failed. ╾ pla|ca|to|ry [… …
15placate — verb (T) formal to make someone stop feeling angry; appease: I tried to placate her by offering to pay for the repairs. placatory, adverb: placatory words placation noun (U) …
16placate — verb John did his best to placate her Syn: pacify, calm, appease, mollify, soothe, win over, conciliate, propitiate, make peace with, humor See note at pacify Ant: provoke …
17placate — transitive verb (placated; placating) Etymology: Latin placatus, past participle of placare more at please Date: 1678 to soothe or mollify especially by concessions ; appease Synonyms: see pacify • placater noun • placatingly adv …
18placate — verb /pləˈkeɪt,pleɪˈkeɪt,ˈpleɪkeɪt,pleɪˈkeɪt/ To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that he or she becomes content or at least no longer irate. Syn: appease, mollify, satisfy …
19placate — Synonyms and related words: allay, appease, assuage, calm, comfort, conciliate, cool, defuse, dulcify, lay, lay the dust, mollify, pacify, pour balm on, propitiate, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, soothe, sweeten, tranquilize …
20placate — see PLEASE …
