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.

OTHER WORDS FOR placate

conciliate, satisfy.

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Origin of placate

First recorded in 1670–80; from Latin plācātus, past participle of plācāre “to quiet, calm, appease,” akin to placēre “to please”; cf. please

OTHER WORDS FROM placate

pla·cat·er, nounpla·ca·tion

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

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placate²

[ plak-eyt, -it ]

/ ˈplæk eɪt, -ɪt /

noun Armor.

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.

Also placard, placcate, plackart.

Origin of placate

First recorded in 1625–35; apparently variant of placard

How to use placate in a sentence

There is a time and place for a little zoning out, of course, and parents don’t complain too much about a few hours of quiet while the kids are placated with zombies or candy gems.
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Lee worries that even if legislation is enough to placate many Singaporeans, the implications outside the country could be serious.
Broken promises: How Singapore lost trust on contact tracing privacy|Bobbie Johnson|January 11, 2021|MIT Technology Review
That led to his suspension and a flurry of appointments by al-Sarraj aimed at placating Misurata by giving positions and powers to others from the city.
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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
But the gay community is unlikely to be placated by either the speech or the venue.
Can Obama Make Peace With Gays|Gabriel Arana|October 9, 2009|DAILY BEAST
There are ways given to women whereby men of his type can be placated.
The Highgrader|William MacLeod Raine
The Orange societies required to be placated, the Presbyterians to be muzzled, the Catholics to be suppressed.
The Evolution of Sinn Fein|Robert Mitchell Henry
Venus was still angry at the memory of Psyche's former honors, and she was not to be placated by any prayers, however sincere.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome|Emilie Kip Baker
The life of her hero had been endangered, and Mrs. Bindle was not to be placated by words.
Mrs. Bindle|Hebert Jenkins
"We might just as well get to an understandin'," said the Cap'n, not yet placated.
The Skipper and the Skipped|Holman Day

British Dictionary definitions for placate

placate

/ (pləˈkeɪt) /

verb

(tr) to pacify or appease

Derived forms of placate

placation, noun

Word Origin for placate

C17: from Latin plācāre; see placable

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