ap|peas´ing|ly

ap|peas´ing|ly
ap|pease «uh PEEZ», transitive verb, -peased, -peas|ing.
1. to put an end to by satisfying (an appetite or desire); satisfy: »

A good dinner will appease your hunger.

2. to make calm or quiet; pacify: »

He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.

3. to give in to the demands of: »

The boy appeased his father and got up from television to finish his homework.

SYNONYM(S): conciliate, placate, propitiate.
╂[< Old French apaisier < a- to + pais peace < Latin pāx, pācis]
–ap|peas´a|ble, adjective.
–ap|peas´ing|ly, adverb.
Synonym Study 2 Appease, pacify mean to make calm. Appease means to calm or quiet a person who is excited, upset, and demanding by making concessions to him: »

To appease my angry neighbor, I offered to make good the damage.

Pacify means to quiet people or things that are quarreling or fighting among themselves or against some condition, by making peace though not necessarily by eliminating the cause of the disturbance: »

She pacified the angry crowd.


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