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–verb (used with object), -peased, -peas·ing.

1.	to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.

2.	to satisfy, allay, or relieve; assuage: The fruit appeased his hunger.

3.	to yield or concede to the belligerent demands of (a nation, group, person, etc.) in a conciliatory effort, sometimes at the expense of justice or other principles.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME apesen < AF apeser, OF apais(i)er, equiv. to a- a-⁵ + paisi- peace + -er inf. suffix

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—Related forms

ap·peas·a·ble, adjective

ap·peas·a·ble·ness, noun

ap·peas·a·bly, adverb

ap·pease·ment, noun

ap·peas·er, noun

ap·peas·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. calm, placate. 3. Appease, conciliate, propitiate imply trying to preserve or obtain peace. To appease is to make anxious overtures and often undue concessions to satisfy the demands of someone with a greed for power, territory, etc.: Chamberlain tried to appease Hitler at Munich. To conciliate is to win an enemy or opponent over by displaying a willingness to be just and fair: When mutual grievances are recognized, conciliation is possible. To propitiate is to admit a fault, and, by trying to make amends, to allay hostile feeling: to propitiate an offended neighbor.

—Antonyms 1. enrage. 2. increase, arouse, sharpen. 3. defy.

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ap·pease Audio Help (ə-pēz') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. ap·peased, ap·peas·ing, ap·peas·es

To bring peace, quiet, or calm to; soothe.
To satisfy or relieve: appease one's thirst.
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 pāx; see pag- in Indo-European roots).]

ap·peas'a·ble adj., ap·peas'a·bly adv., ap·peas'er n.

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appeasing
adjective
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"

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