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appease

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ap·pease  (-pz)
tr.v. ap·peased, ap·peas·ing, ap·peas·es
1. To bring peace, quiet, or calm to; soothe.
2. To satisfy or relieve: appease one's thirst.
3. To pacify or attempt to pacify (an enemy) by granting concessions, often at the expense of principle. See Synonyms at pacify.

[Middle English appesen, from Old French apesier : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + pais, peace (from Latin px; see pag- in Indo-European roots).]

ap·peasa·ble adj.
ap·peasa·bly adv.
ap·peaser n.

appease
Verb
[-peasing, -peased]
1. to pacify (someone) by yielding to his or her demands
2. to satisfy or relieve (a feeling) [Old French apaisier]
appeasement n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.appease - cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
calm, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm down, quiet, quieten, lull - make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
2.appease - overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"
fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, meet, fill - fill or meet a want or need
3.appease - make peace with
conciliate, patch up, reconcile, settle, make up - come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"

appease
Translations
Spanish appease [əˈpiːz] vt (= pacify) → apaciguar (= satisfy); satisfacer
French appease [əˈpiːz] vtapaiser, calmer
German appease [əˈpiːz] vtbeschwichtigen
Italian appease [əˈpiːz] vtcalmare, appagare

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Thirdly, how to raise anger, or appease anger in another.
If we ran after her and tried to appease her, it did no good.
Nothing could console and nothing could appease her.
 
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