Placate

4 definitions found

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

  Placate \Plac"ate\, n.
     Same as {Placard}, 4 & 5.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  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 placated." --Cudworth.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  placate
       v : cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
           "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: {pacify},
            {lenify}, {conciliate}, {assuage}, {appease}, {mollify},
            {gentle}, {gruntle}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "placate":
     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