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placating

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pla·cate  (plkt, plkt)
tr.v. pla·cat·ed, pla·cat·ing, pla·cates
To allay the anger of, especially by making concessions; appease. See Synonyms at pacify.
[Latin plcre, plct-, to calm; see plk-1 in Indo-European roots.]
placater n.
pla·cation (pl-kshn) n.
placa·tory (-tôr, -tr), placative (-ktv) adj.
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Adj.1.placating - intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an astonishingly placatory speech"
appeasing, placative, placatory
conciliative, conciliatory - intended to placate; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit"
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And soberly he continued to regard the mate when he went aft and threatened to knock the "Song of Songs" and the rest of the Old Testament out of the black helmsman whose smile of teeth was as humbly gentle and placating as Jerry's had been when he made his appeal.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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