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PLACATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they placate ... he / she / it placates
Past simple: placated
Past participle: placated
-ing form: placating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
Example:
She managed to mollify the angry customer
Synonyms:
appease; assuage; conciliate; gentle; gruntle; lenify; mollify; pacify; placate
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "placate" is one way to...):
calm; calm down; lull; quiet; quieten; still; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize (make calm or still)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The performance is likely to placate Sue
Derivation:
placation (the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity)
placative; placatory (intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions)
