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placate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Placate \Plac"ate\, n. Same as {Placard}, 4 & 5. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: placate v : cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of "She managed to mollify her angry boss" [syn: {pacify}, {lenify}, {conciliate}, {assuage}, {appease}, {mollify}, {gentle}, {gruntle}]
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