placate

  • 31placate —   Ho onā, ho omālielie …

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  • 32placate — see PLEASE …

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  • 33placate — v.tr. pacify; conciliate. Derivatives: placatingly adv. placation n. placatory adj. Etymology: L placare placat …

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  • 34Your Children Placate You from Premature Graves — Infobox Album Name = Your Children Placate You From Premature Graves Type = studio Artist = The Legendary Pink Dots Released = 2006 Recorded = Genre = Length = Label = Producer = Reviews = Last album = This album = Next album = Your Children… …

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  • 35Placated — Placate Pla cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Placated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Placating}.] [L. placatus, p. p. of placare to placate, akin to placere to please. See {Please}.] To appease; to pacify; to concilate. Therefore is he always propitiated and… …

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  • 36Placating — Placate Pla cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Placated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Placating}.] [L. placatus, p. p. of placare to placate, akin to placere to please. See {Please}.] To appease; to pacify; to concilate. Therefore is he always propitiated and… …

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  • 37placatory — placate ► VERB ▪ make less angry or hostile: calm or appease. DERIVATIVES placatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin placare …

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  • 38pacify — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To mollify] Syn. conciliate, appease, placate, mollify, propitiate, assuage, soothe, smooth over, calm, tranquilize, subdue, pour oil on troubled waters; see also quiet 1 . 2. [To quiet] Syn. soothe, silence, lull; see quiet …

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  • 39pacify — verb go out there and try to pacify the passengers Syn: placate, appease, calm (down), conciliate, propitiate, assuage, mollify, soothe Ant: enrage •• pacify, appease, conciliate, mollify, placate, propitiate You might try to pacify a crying baby …

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  • 40Pakistan — /pak euh stan , pah keuh stahn /, n. 1. Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947 71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).… …

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