Meaning of APPEASE
| Pronunciation: | | u'peez
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- [v] make peace with
- [v] overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"
- [v] cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify her angry boss"
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| | Synonyms: | | assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, stay |
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| | See Also: | | calm, calm down, conciliate, fill, fulfil, fulfill, lull, make up, meet, patch up, quiet, quieten, reconcile, satisfy, settle, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ap*pease"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appealed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Appeasing}.] [OE. apesen, apaisen, OF. apaisier,
apaissier, F. apaiser, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. pais peace, F.
paix, fr. L. pax, pacis. See {Peace}.]
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to
still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease
the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease
hunger or thirst.
Syn: To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage;
compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize.
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| | Related Terms: | | abate, allay, alleviate, anesthetize, assuage, benumb, calm, calm down, cater to, coddle, compose, conciliate, content, cool, cradle, cushion, deaden, deaden the pain, defuse, diminish, dulcify, dull, ease, ease matters, even out, extenuate, feast, feed, foment, gentle, give relief, gloss over, gratify, hush, immolate before, lay, lay the dust, lessen, lull, make propitiation, make sacrifice to, mitigate, mollify, numb, offer sacrifice, pacify, pad, palliate, pamper, placate, poultice, pour balm into, pour balm on, pour oil on, propitiate, quell, quench, quiet, reduce, regale, relieve, rest, rock, rock to sleep, sacrifice, salve, sate, satiate, satisfy, slacken, slake, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, smoothen, soften, soothe, spoil, stabilize, steady, still, stupe, subdue, sweeten, tranquilize, whitewash |
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