What does appease mean?
Definitions for appease
əˈpizap·pease
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Princeton's WordNet
pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntleverb
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
"She managed to mollify the angry customer"
quell, stay, appeaseverb
overcome or allay
"quell my hunger"
propitiate, appeaseverb
make peace with
Wiktionary
appeaseverb
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
to appease the tumult of the ocean
appeaseverb
To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.
They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.
Etymology: From apesen, from apeser, from a + pais, modification of French paix; see peace.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To APPEASEverb
Etymology: appaiser, Fr.
By his counsel he appeaseth the deep, and planteth islands therein. Ecclus, xliii. 23.
England had no leisure to think of reformation, till the civil wars were appeased, and peace settled. John Davies, on Irel.
So Simon was appeased towards them, and fought no more against them. 1 Mac. xiii. 47.
O God! if my deep prayers cannot appease thee,
Yet execute thy wrath on me alone. William Shakespeare, Richard III.The rest shall hear me call, and oft be warn’d
Their sinful state, and to appease betimes
Th’ incensed Deity. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. iii.
Wikipedia
appease
Appeasement, in an international context, is a diplomatic policy of making political, material, or territorial concessions to an aggressive power to avoid conflict. The term is most often applied to the foreign policy of the British governments of Prime Ministers Ramsay MacDonald (in office 1929–1935), Stanley Baldwin (in office 1935–1937) and (most notably) Neville Chamberlain (in office 1937–1940) towards Nazi Germany (from 1933) and Fascist Italy (from 1922) between 1935 and 1939. Under British pressure, appeasement of Nazism and Fascism also played a role in French foreign policy of the period but was always much less popular there than in the United Kingdom.In the early 1930s, appeasing concessions were widely seen as desirable because of the anti-war reaction to the trauma of World War I (1914–1918), second thoughts about the perceived vindictive treatment by some of Germany during the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, and a perception that fascism was a useful form of anti-communism. However, by the time of the Munich Agreement, which was concluded on 30 September 1938 between Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy, the policy was opposed by the Labour Party and by a few Conservative dissenters such as future Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for War Duff Cooper, and future Prime Minister Anthony Eden. Appeasement was strongly supported by the British upper class, including royalty, big business (based in the City of London), the House of Lords, and media such as the BBC and The Times.As alarm grew about the rise of fascism in Europe, Chamberlain resorted to attempts at news censorship to control public opinion. He confidently announced after Munich that he had secured "peace for our time".Academics, politicians.and diplomats have intensely debated the 1930s appeasement policies ever since they occurred. Historians' assessments have ranged from condemnation ("Lesson of Munich") for allowing Hitler's Germany to grow too strong to the judgment that Germany was so strong that it might well win a war and that postponing a showdown was in the best interests of the West.
ChatGPT
appease
To appease means to make someone less angry or to placify by acceding to their demands or by relieving their concerns, often by making concessions or offering compromises. It can also refer to the action of satisfying or fulfilling a requirement or condition.
Webster Dictionary
Appeaseverb
to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Appease
ap-pēz′, v.t. to pacify: propitiate one who is angry: to quiet: to allay: to pacify by granting demands.—adj. Appeas′able.—n. Appease′ment, the action of appeasing: the state of being appeased.—adv. Appeas′ingly. [O. Fr. apese-r, to bring to peace—L. pac-em, peace.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of appease in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of appease in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of appease in a Sentence
Cross Research analyst Shannon Cross:
The core business is still under pressure, i think what they did was they threw a billion through this repurchase to shareholders to appease them.
President Donald Trump's a professional liar who will say anything to appease whatever crowd President Donald Trump's at, if President Donald Trump's in front of families, President Donald Trump might say something in support of common sense gun reform. But then when President Donald Trump's at the National Rifle Association, President Donald Trump'll say something to get a big cheer.
Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke:
I will seek to appease their concerns and I will do everything in my power to find a permanent, legitimate and transparent solution.
Biden wants to appease the left more than he wants border security, more lives will be lost and the border will be in chaos again.
The longer Joe Manchin waits, the more it’s clear he’s only in this to appease his liberal donors, and he’ll make it clear he’ll only stand for Judge Kavanaugh after it’s clear they have the votes.
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- استرArabic
- утолявам, облекчавам, укротявамBulgarian
- friedlich stimmen, besänftigenGerman
- apaciguar, aplacar, calmarSpanish
- apaiserFrench
- לפייסHebrew
- csillapítHungarian
- menenangkanIndonesian
- pacificare, calmare, placareItalian
- pācificōLatin
- whakamauruMāori
- kalmerenDutch
- stille, roeNorwegian
- apaziguarPortuguese
- astâmpăraRomanian
- умиротворять, успокаиватьRussian
- lugna, stilla, mildra, släcka, blidkaSwedish
- afikiSwahili
- batimalatamTelugu
- เอาใจThai
- nhân nhượngVietnamese
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