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1. (v.t.) placate
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 -ate1)
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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"
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1. (noun) placate
same as Placard, 4 & 5
2. (verb) placate
to appease; to pacify; to concilate
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Sense: to stop (an angry person) feeling angry
He placated her with an apology.
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 Afrikaans: paai |
 Arabic: يَسْتَرْضي |
 Bulgarian: омиротворявам |
 Brazilian: acalmar |
 Czech: usmířit |
 German: beschwichtigen |
 Danish: formilde |
 Greek: εξευμενίζω |
 Spanish: aplacar, apaciguar, calma |
 Estonian: vaigistama |
 Farsi: آرام کردن |
 Finnish: tyynnyttää |
 French: apaiser |
 Hebrew: לְפָייֵס |
 Hindi: शांत करना |
 Croatian: pomiriti, ublažiti |
 Hungarian: kiengesztel, lecsendesít |
 Indonesian: menenangkan |
 Icelandic: sefa, blíðka |
 Italian: placare, calmare |
 Japanese: なだめる |
 Korean: 달래다, 위로하다 |
 Lithuanian: nuraminti, nuteikti savo |
 Latvian: nomierināt |
 Malay: meredakan |
 Dutch: tot bedaren brengen |
 Norwegian: blidgjøre, formilde |
 Polish: ułagodzić, uspokoić |
 Persian: آرام کردن |
 Pashto: كرارول، دلاسه كول، خوشالو |
 Portuguese: acalmar |
 Romanian: aîmpăca |
 Russian: умиротворять |
 Slovak: uzmieriť |
 Slovenian: pomiriti |
 Serbian: umiriti |
 Swedish: blidka, försona |
 Thai: ทำให้สงบลง |
 Turkish: yatıştırmak |
 Taiwanese: 安慰 |
 Ukrainian: примиряти; заспокоювати |
 Urdu: راضي کرنا، منانا |
 Vietnamese: xoa dịu ai |
 Chinese: 安慰 |
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