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APPEASE
propitiate, appease
(verb) make peace with
quell, stay, appease
(verb) overcome or allay; “quell my hunger”
pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; “She managed to mollify the angry customer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
appease (third-person singular simple present appeases, present participle appeasing, simple past and past participle appeased)
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
Synonyms: calm, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, still, lull
To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.
Synonyms: mollify, propitiate
Antonyms
• antagonize
Anagrams
• paepaes
Source: Wiktionary
Ap*pease", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appealed; p. pr. & vb. n. Appeasing.] Etym: [OE. apesen, apaisen, OF. apaisier, apaissier, F. apaiser, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. pais peace, F. paix, fr. L. pax, pacis. See Peace.]
Definition: 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.
Syn.
– To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage; compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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