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pla·cate

 (plā′kāt′, plăk′āt′)
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 plācāre, plācāt-, to calm; see plāk- in Indo-European roots.]
pla′cat′er n.
pla·ca′tion (plā-kā′shən) n.
pla′ca·to′ry (-tôr′ē), pla′ca′tive (-kā′tĭv) adj.
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placate

(pləˈkeɪt)
vb
(tr) to pacify or appease
[C17: from Latin plācāre; see placable]
plaˈcation n
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pla•cate

(ˈpleɪ keɪt, ˈplæk eɪt)

v.t. -cat•ed, -cat•ing.
to appease or pacify, esp. by concessions.
[1670–80; < Latin plācātus, past participle of plācāre to quiet, calm, appease, akin to placēre to please; see -ate1]
pla′cat•er, n.
pla•ca′tion, n.
pla′ca•tive, pla′ca•to`ry (-ˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj.
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placate


Past participle: placated
Gerund: placating

Imperative
placate
placate
Present
I placate
you placate
he/she/it placates
we placate
you placate
they placate
Preterite
I placated
you placated
he/she/it placated
we placated
you placated
they placated
Present Continuous
I am placating
you are placating
he/she/it is placating
we are placating
you are placating
they are placating
Present Perfect
I have placated
you have placated
he/she/it has placated
we have placated
you have placated
they have placated
Past Continuous
I was placating
you were placating
he/she/it was placating
we were placating
you were placating
they were placating
Past Perfect
I had placated
you had placated
he/she/it had placated
we had placated
you had placated
they had placated
Future
I will placate
you will placate
he/she/it will placate
we will placate
you will placate
they will placate
Future Perfect
I will have placated
you will have placated
he/she/it will have placated
we will have placated
you will have placated
they will have placated
Future Continuous
I will be placating
you will be placating
he/she/it will be placating
we will be placating
you will be placating
they will be placating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been placating
you have been placating
he/she/it has been placating
we have been placating
you have been placating
they have been placating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been placating
you will have been placating
he/she/it will have been placating
we will have been placating
you will have been placating
they will have been placating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been placating
you had been placating
he/she/it had been placating
we had been placating
you had been placating
they had been placating
Conditional
I would placate
you would placate
he/she/it would placate
we would placate
you would placate
they would placate
Past Conditional
I would have placated
you would have placated
he/she/it would have placated
we would have placated
you would have placated
they would have placated
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.placate - cause to be more favorably inclinedplacate - cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify
calm, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm down, quiet, quieten, lull - make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
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placate

verb calm, satisfy, humour, soothe, appease, assuage, pacify, mollify, win someone over, conciliate, propitiate He smiled, and made a gesture intended to placate me.
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placate

verb
To ease the anger or agitation of:
appease, assuage, calm (down), conciliate, dulcify, gentle, mollify, pacify, propitiate, soften, soothe, sweeten.
Idiom: pour oil on troubled water.
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Translations
يَسْتَرْضي
usmířit
formilde
beschwichtigen
εξευμενίζω
apaisercalmer
kiengesztel
fróaróasefasefa, blíîka
placare
nuteikti savo naudai
nomierināt
bedarenkalmeren
formilde
uzmieriť
blidka
yatıştırmak
安慰

placate

[pləˈkeɪt] VT → aplacar, apaciguar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

placate

[pləˈkeɪt] vt → apaiser
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

placate

vt → besänftigen, beschwichtigen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

placate

[pləˈkeɪt] vt → placare, calmare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

placate

(pləˈkeit) , ((American) ˈpleikeit) verb
to stop (an angry person) feeling angry. He placated her with an apology.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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