placable
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Etymology
Origin of placable
1490–1500; < Old French < Latin plācābilis. See placate 1, -able
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Placable Aunt Bazalgette accepted her excuses, and opened the business that brought her there.
From Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Reade, Charles
Placable, plā′ka-bl, or plak′a-bl, adj. that may be appeased: relenting: willing to forgive.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Placable to the small, perishing affections, it abhorred the shining, dangerous powers, the rival immortalities.
From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May
Placable and friendly, the old relations were resumed as far as possible, though the shadow had been too heavy an one ever to pass entirely.
From Anne Bradstreet and Her Time by Campbell, Helen
Well then, 'supposeth He is good i' the main, Placable if His mind and ways were guessed,110 But rougher than His handiwork, be sure!
From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra
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