Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To allay the anger of, especially by making concessions; appease. synonym: pacify.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To appease or pacify; conciliate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To appease; to pacify; to concilate.
- noun Same as
placard , 4 & 5.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
calm ; to bring peace to; toinfluence someone who wasfurious to the point that he or she becomescontent or at least no longerirate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Many men that "attend church" do so to pacify their wives and/or "keep up an image" or ignorantly attemp to "placate" the God they don't even know.
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Many men that "attend church" do so to pacify their wives and/or "keep up an image" or ignorantly attemp to "placate" the God they don't even know.
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COSSACK: Now, when you say "placate," give us a little more description.
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The human-rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday urged the United Nations not to "placate" the government of the
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State -- all because you have to 'placate' the Irish interest.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 29, 1920 Various 1898
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Sacrifice no longer serves to "placate" the divinity, but rather to placate man and to make him desist from his hostility toward God and his neighbor.
Latest Articles Inside the Vatican 2010
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Mrs Duhig said the boy then went back downstairs and his mum checked on her other children before going down to "placate" him.
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Mrs Duhig said the boy then went back downstairs and his mum checked on her other children before going down to "placate" him.
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Sacrifice no longer serves to "placate" the divinity, but rather to placate man and to make him desist from his hostility toward God and his neighbor.
Deborah Gyapong Deborah Gyapong 2010
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Sacrifice no longer serves to "placate" the divinity, but rather to placate man and to make him desist from his hostility toward God and his neighbor.
Latest Articles Inside the Vatican 2010
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ex.- After the injections, the nurse placated the toddler by giving him a lollipop.
May 21, 2009
feelcomplex commented on the word placate
My friend tried to placate me of losing money in shares by saying that it a good learning experience
July 31, 2014