PLACATE

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

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Etymology

Verb

placate (third-person singular simple present placates, present participle placating, simple past and past participle placated)

(transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.

Synonyms

• (to calm): appease, conciliate, mollify, propitiate, satisfy

Antonyms

• (to calm): enrage

Anagrams

• epactal

Source: Wiktionary

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Plac"ate, n.

Definition: Same as Placard, 4 & 5.

Pla"cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Placated; p. pr. & vb. n. Placating.] Etym: [L. placatus, p.p. of placare to placate, akin to placere to please. See Please.]

Definition: To appease; to pacify; to concilate. "Therefore is he always propitiated and placated." Cudworth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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