placate
verb (used with object)
to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures.
has placated
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present perfectof placate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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Though a Buddhist, he is a moderate one and has placated the Catholics.
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