placate

[ pley-keyt, plak-eyt ]

/ ˈpleɪ keɪt, ˈplæk eɪt /

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verb (used with object), pla·cat·ed, pla·cat·ing.

to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.

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Origin of placate

1670–80; < Latin plācātus past participle of plācāre to quiet, calm, appease, akin to placēre to please; see -ate¹

SYNONYMS FOR placate

conciliate, satisfy.

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Related formspla·cat·er, nounpla·ca·tion

[pley-key-shuhn] /pleɪˈkeɪ ʃən/, nounun·pla·cat·ed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for placated

But consuming anger is not placated by justification, not toward the stranger and not toward the self.
Shavuot and Self-Immolation|Shaul Magid|May 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And it hardly seems that the ones who have not been placated by now are going to change their minds about the guy over this.
Obama's Baffling Gay Snub|Eric Alterman|October 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST
These questions will not be easily dodged; nor will the faithful be placated by casuistry or platitudes.
Leave the Pope Alone|Tunku Varadarajan|April 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST
And I wouldn't be put off or placated by a chance to fatten my own bank roll.
North of Fifty-Three|Bertrand W. Sinclair

He should have kissed it, even gone on his knees to do it, and placated her with a laughing extravagance.
Old Crow|Alice Brown
Grant hurried away, and placated Mrs. Bates after a stormy interlude.
The Postmaster's Daughter|Louis Tracy
But when he did, it was with the news that De Gourgues had been placated and that a boat had come ashore for us, down the beach.
In Search of Mademoiselle|George Gibbs
In the course of the year cabins were built, a little corn planted and the Indians placated.
Peculiarities of American Cities|Willard Glazier

British Dictionary definitions for placated

placate

/ (pləˈkeɪt) /

verb

(tr) to pacify or appease

Derived Formsplacation, noun

Word Origin for placate

C17: from Latin plācāre; see placable

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Word Origin and History for placated

placate

1670s, a back-formation from placation or else from Latin placatus "soothed, quiet, gentle, calm, peaceful," past participle of placare "to calm, appease, quiet, soothe, assuage," related to placere "to please" (see please). Related: Placated; placating; placatingly.

placate

verb (used with object), pla·cat·ed, pla·cat·ing.

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placate

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