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pla·cate1    Audio Help   [pley-keyt, plak-eyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
to appease or pacify, esp. by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
[Origin: 1670–80; < L plācātus ptp. of plācāre to quiet, calm, appease, akin to placére to please; see -ate1]

—Related forms
pla·cat·er, noun
pla·ca·tion    Audio Help   [pley-key-shuhn] Pronunciation Key, noun

—Synonyms conciliate, satisfy.
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pla·cate    Audio Help   (plā'kāt', plāk'āt')  Pronunciation Key 
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-1 in Indo-European roots.]

pla'cat'er n., pla·ca'tion (plā-kā'shən) n., pla'ca·to'ry (-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē), pla'ca'tive (-kā'tĭv) adj.
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