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plac·a·ble

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–adjective

capable of being placated, pacified, or appeased; forgiving.

[Origin: 1490–1500; < OF < L plācābilis. See placate¹, -able

]

—Related forms

plac·a·bil·i·ty, plac·a·ble·ness, noun

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plac·a·ble Audio Help (plāk'ə-bəl, plā'kə-) Pronunciation Key
adj. Easily calmed or pacified; tolerant.

[Middle English, agreeable, from Old French, from Latin plācābilis, from plācāre, to calm; see plāk-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

plac'a·bil'i·ty n., plac'a·bly adv.

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placable
adjective
easily calmed or pacified [ant: implacable]

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Placable

Im*pla"ca*ble\, a. [L. implacabilis; pref. im- not + placabilis: cf. F. implacable. See Placable.]

1. Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince.

I see thou art implacable. --Milton.

An object of implacable enmity. --Macaulay.

2. Incapable of ebign relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable. [R.]

O! how I burn with implacable fire. --Spenser.

Which wrought them pain Implacable, and many a dolorous groan. --Milton.

Syn: Unappeasable; inexorable; irreconcilable; unrelenting; relentless; unyielding.

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Placable

Pla"ca*ble\, a. [L. placabilis, fr. placare to quiet, pacify: cf. F. placable. See Placate.] Capable of being appeased or pacified; ready or willing to be pacified; willing to forgive or condone.

Methought I saw him placable and mild. --Milton.

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Placable

Please\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pleased; p. pr. & vb. n. Pleasing.] [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable, Placid, Plea, Plead, Pleasure.]

1. To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.

I pray to God that it may plesen you. --Chaucer.

What next I bring shall please thee, be assured. --Milton.

2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will.

Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. --Ps. cxxxv. 6.

A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases, are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards.

3. To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used impersonally. "It pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell." --Col. i. 19.

To-morrow, may it please you. --Shak.

To be pleased in or with, to have complacency in; to take pleasure in.

To be pleased to do a thing, to take pleasure in doing it; to have the will to do it; to think proper to do it. --Dryden.

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