Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Placate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Placate \Plac"ate\, n.
Same as {Placard}, 4 & 5.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
placate
v : cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
"She managed to mollify her angry boss" [syn: {pacify}, {lenify},
{conciliate}, {assuage}, {appease}, {mollify}, {gentle},
{gruntle}]
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