PLACATED

Verb

placated

simple past tense and past participle of placate

Source: Wiktionary


PLACATE

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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26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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