- appease
- verb /əˈpiːz/
to appease the tumult of the ocean
`First, a little refreshment to reward my exertions. You may as well be quiet. It is not the first time, or the second, that your veins have appeased my thirst!
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Appease — Ap*pease , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appealed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appeasing}.] [OE. apesen, apaisen, OF. apaisier, apaissier, F. apaiser, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. pais peace, F. paix, fr. L. pax, pacis. See {Peace}.] To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
appease — (v.) c.1300 to reconcile, from Anglo Fr. apeser, O.Fr. apaisier to pacify, make peace, appease, be reconciled, placate (12c.), from the phrase a paisier bring to peace, from a to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + pais, from L. pacem (nom. pax) peace (see … Etymology dictionary
appease — index allay, assuage, disarm (set at ease), mitigate, moderate (temper), mollify, pacify … Law dictionary
appease — *pacify, placate, mollify, propitiate, conciliate Analogous words: assuage, alleviate, mitigate, lighten, *relieve: *palliate, extenuate: *satisfy, content Antonyms: exasperate, aggravate Contrasted words: perturb, upset, disturb, * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
appease — [v] satisfy, pacify allay, alleviate, assuage, be enough, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, content, diminish, do*, ease, gratify, lessen, lull, make matters up, meet halfway, mitigate, mollify, patch things up, placate, propitiate, quell, quench … New thesaurus
appease — ► VERB ▪ placate (someone) by agreeing to their demands. DERIVATIVES appeasement noun appeaser noun. ORIGIN Old French apaisier, from pais peace … English terms dictionary
appease — [ə pēz′] vt. appeased, appeasing [ME apaisen < OFr apaisier < a , to + pais < L pax, PEACE] 1. to pacify or quiet, esp. by giving in to the demands of 2. to satisfy or relieve [water appeases thirst] SYN. PACIFY appeasable adj. appeaser … English World dictionary
appease — appeasable, adj. appeasableness, n. appeasably, adv. appeasement, n. appeaser, n. appeasingly, adv. /euh peez /, v.t., appeased, appeasing. 1. to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pa … Universalium
appease — ap•pease [[t]əˈpiz[/t]] v. t. peased, peas•ing 1) to bring to a state of calm; pacify: to appease an angry king[/ex] 2) to satisfy; relieve: The fruit appeased his hunger[/ex] 3) gov to yield to the demands of in a conciliatory effort, sometimes… … From formal English to slang
appease — [[t]əpi͟ːz[/t]] appeases, appeasing, appeased VERB (disapproval) If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want. [V n] Gandhi was accused by some of trying to appease both factions of the… … English dictionary
appease — verb 1) an attempt to appease his critics Syn: conciliate, placate, pacify, mollify, propitiate, reconcile, win over See note at pacify Ant: provoke, inflame 2) … Thesaurus of popular words