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 Definitions of placate  [ˈpleɪ keɪt, ˈplæk eɪt]  

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Definition of 'placate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'placate' Princeton's WordNet 

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"


Definition of 'placate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) placate
same as Placard, 4 & 5

2. (verb) placate
to appease; to pacify; to concilate


Translation of 'placate' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to stop (an angry person) feeling angry
He placated her with an apology.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: paai Arabic flag Arabic: يَسْتَرْضي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: омиротворявам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: acalmar Czech flag Czech: usmířit German flag German: beschwichtigen
Danish flag Danish: formilde Greek flag Greek: εξευμενίζω Spanish flag Spanish: aplacar, apaciguar, calma
Estonian flag Estonian: vaigistama Farsi flag Farsi: آرام کردن Finnish flag Finnish: tyynnyttää
French flag French: apaiser Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְפָייֵס Hindi flag Hindi: शांत करना
Croatian flag Croatian: pomiriti, ublažiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: kiengesztel, lecsendesít Indonesian flag Indonesian: menenangkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sefa, blíðka Italian flag Italian: placare, calmare Japanese flag Japanese: なだめる
Korean flag Korean: 달래다, 위로하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nuraminti, nuteikti savo Latvian flag Latvian: nomierināt
Malay flag Malay: meredakan Dutch flag Dutch: tot bedaren brengen Norwegian flag Norwegian: blidgjøre, formilde
Polish flag Polish: ułagodzić, uspokoić Persian flag Persian: آرام کردن Pashto flag Pashto: كرارول، دلاسه كول، خوشالو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: acalmar Romanian flag Romanian: aîmpăca Russian flag Russian: умиротворять
Slovak flag Slovak: uzmieriť Slovenian flag Slovenian: pomiriti Serbian flag Serbian: umiriti
Swedish flag Swedish: blidka, försona Thai flag Thai: ทำให้สงบลง Turkish flag Turkish: yatıştırmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 安慰 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: примиряти; заспокоювати Urdu flag Urdu: راضي کرنا، منانا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: xoa dịu ai Chinese flag Chinese: 安慰

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