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1. (v.t.) appease
to bring to a state of calm; pacify:
to appease an angry king.
2. appease
to satisfy; relieve:
The fruit appeased his hunger.
3. appease
to yield to the demands of in a conciliatory effort, sometimes at the expense of one's principles.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME apesen < AF apeser, OF apais(i)er= A-5+paispeace)
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1. (verb) pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
"She managed to mollify the angry customer"
2. (verb) quell, stay, appease
overcome or allay
"quell my hunger"
3. (verb) propitiate, appease
make peace with
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) appease
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
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Sense: to calm or satisfy (a person, desire etc) usually by giving what was asked for or is needed
She appeased his curiosity by explaining the situation to him.
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 Afrikaans: paai |
 Arabic: يُهَدِّئ ، يُسَكِّـن |
 Bulgarian: успокоявам |
 Brazilian: aplacar |
 Czech: uklidnit, uspokojit |
 German: beschwichtigen |
 Danish: tilfredsstille; berolige; |
 Greek: κατευνάζω |
 Spanish: aplacar, satisfacer, saci |
 Estonian: vaigistama |
 Farsi: فرو نشاندن؛ دلجویی کردن |
 Finnish: tyydyttää |
 French: apaiser |
 Hebrew: לְרָצוֹת, לְפַייס |
 Hindi: तुष्ट करना |
 Croatian: zadovoljiti |
 Hungarian: lecsillapít |
 Indonesian: memenuhi, menenangkan, me |
 Icelandic: sefa |
 Italian: placare; appagare |
 Japanese: なだめる |
 Korean: 만족시키다 |
 Lithuanian: nuraminti, numalšinti |
 Latvian: nomierināt; apmierināt |
 Malay: menenangkan |
 Dutch: bevredigen |
 Norwegian: tilfredsstille; berolige, |
 Polish: uspokajać, zaspokajać |
 Persian: فرو نشاندن؛ دلجویی کردن |
 Pashto: کرارول |
 Portuguese: acalmar |
 Romanian: a domoli |
 Russian: успокаивать |
 Slovak: utíšiť |
 Slovenian: pomiriti |
 Serbian: zadovoljiti |
 Swedish: lugna, stilla, blidka |
 Thai: ทำให้สงบ; พะเน้าพะนอ |
 Turkish: yatıştırmak, sakinleştirm |
 Taiwanese: 平息，滿足 |
 Ukrainian: заспокоювати; примиряти |
 Urdu: تشفی کرنا ، |
 Vietnamese: làm yên lòng |
 Chinese: 平息，满足 |
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