pla·cate

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• pla|cate — «PLAY kayt, PLAK ayt», transitive verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. to soothe or satisfy the anger of; make peaceful; appease; pacify; conciliate: »to placate a person one has offended. A victory so complete…failed to placate the indignant young actress… …   Useful english dictionary

• pla´cat|ing|ly — pla|cate «PLAY kayt, PLAK ayt», transitive verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. to soothe or satisfy the anger of; make peaceful; appease; pacify; conciliate: »to placate a person one has offended. A victory so complete…failed to placate the indignant young… …   Useful english dictionary

• pla´cat|er — pla|cate «PLAY kayt, PLAK ayt», transitive verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. to soothe or satisfy the anger of; make peaceful; appease; pacify; conciliate: »to placate a person one has offended. A victory so complete…failed to placate the indignant young… …   Useful english dictionary

• cate — ab·di·cate; ad·ju·di·cate; ad·vo·cate·ship; af·fri·cate; alem·bi·cate; al·lo·cate; al·ter·cate; alu·mi·no·sil·i·cate; ar·sen·i·cate; athe·cate; aus·pi·cate; au·then·ti·cate; bac·cate; be·a·tif·i·cate; bipli·cate; ca·ly·cate; ca·non·i·cate;… …   English syllables

• placate — pla·cate …   English syllables

• placate — pla•cate [[t]ˈpleɪ keɪt, ˈplæk eɪt[/t]] v. t. cat•ed, cat•ing to appease or pacify, esp. by concessions • Etymology: 1670–80; < L plācātus, ptp. of plācāre to quiet, calm, appease, akin to placēre to please; see ate I pla′cat•er, n.… …   From formal English to slang

• placate — pla|cate [ pleıkeıt ] verb transitive FORMAL to stop someone from feeling angry or offended by being nice to them or giving them what they want: PACIFY: Efforts to placate local government officials have thus far failed. ╾ pla|ca|to|ry [… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• placate — pla|cate [pləˈkeıt US ˈpleıkeıt] v [T] formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of placare] to make someone stop feeling angry = ↑appease ▪ These changes did little to placate the unions. >placatory [pləˈkeıtəri, ˈplækətəri… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Placated — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English