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placate
1[ pley-keyt, plak-eyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures:
to placate an outraged citizenry.
Synonyms: ,
placate
2[ plak-eyt, -it ]
noun
- a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used especially as a reinforcement over a breastplate.
placate
/ əˈɪ /
verb
- tr to pacify or appease
Derived Forms
- ˈپDz, noun
Other Word Forms
- c· noun
- ··پDz [pley-, key, -sh, uh, n], noun
- ܲ·c· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of placate1
Example Sentences
Any willingness to placate the president could have the “60 Minutes” journalists and producers looking over their shoulders as they try to do their jobs.
“I don’t like when it’s sugarcoated. I don’t like to be placated.”
And both put ideology aside and turned pragmatic in their machinations to placate Trump, despite his long history of demeaning Mexico and Mexican immigrants.
For the most part, employees calmly placated or humored them, with some ignoring the trio or asking them to leave.
“I wouldn’t say that Apple is doing this simply to placate the president or anybody else, they actually do need to be spending a large part of this money,” Sorkin said.
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