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placate

[pley-keyt, plak-eyt]

verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.

to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.

Origin:
1670–80; < Latin plācātus past participle of plācāre to quiet, calm, appease, akin to placēre to please; see -ate¹

Related forms

pla·cat·er, noun

pla·ca·tion

[pley-key-shuhn] , noun

un·pla·cat·ed, adjective

Synonyms
conciliate, satisfy.

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noun Armor.

a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used especially as a reinforcement over a breastplate.

Also, placard, plac·cate, plackart.

Origin:
1625–35; apparently variant of placard

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placate (pləˈkeɪt)

—vb
	(tr) to pacify or appease

[C17: from Latin plācāre; see placable]

pla'cation

—n

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Word Origin & History

placate

mid-15c., from L. placatus, pp. of placare "to calm, appease," related to placere (see please).

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"When man has neither the strength to subdue his underworld powers—which are really the ancient powers of his old, superseded self; nor the wit to placate them with sacrifice and the burnt holocaust; then they come back at him, and destroy him again. Hence every new conquest of life means a "harrowing of Hell.""

-D.H. Lawrence

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