Placate \Plac"ate\, n.
Same as Placard, 4 & 5.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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