Appeasing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 state of peace; to
     still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease


     the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease
     hunger or thirst.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage;
          compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  appeasing
       adj : tending or intended to pacify by acceding to demands or
             granting concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the
             Nazis at Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures";
             "an astonishingly placatory speech" [syn: {appeasing(a)},
              {placating}, {placative}, {placatory}]