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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Appease \Ap*pease"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appealed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Appeasing.] [OE. apesen, apaisen, OF. apaisier,
apaissier, F. apaiser, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. pais peace, F.
paix, fr. L. pax, pacis. See Peace.]
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to
still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease
the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease
hunger or thirst.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage;
compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Appease \Ap*pease"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appealed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Appeasing.] [OE. apesen, apaisen, OF. apaisier,
apaissier, F. apaiser, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. pais peace, F.
paix, fr. L. pax, pacis. See Peace.]
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to
still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease
the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease
hunger or thirst.
Syn: To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage;
compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
appeasing
adj : tending or 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" [syn: appeasing(a),
placating, placative, placatory]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
appeasing
vb.
(present participle of en appease nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
appeasing
vb.
(present participle of en appease nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
appeasing
vb.
(present participle of en appease nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
appeasing
vb.
(present participle of en appease nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
appeasing
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm a ppeas ing e)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
appeasing
Engelska a.
(avledning en appease ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb appease)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Appeasing /ɐpˈiːzɪŋ/ التّهدئةFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
appeasing /ɐpˈiːzɪŋ/ abwiegelnd see: appease, appeasedFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
appeasing /ɐpˈiːzɪŋ/ besänftigend see: appease, appeasedFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
appeasing /ɐpˈiːzɪŋ/ beschwichtigend, beruhigend see: appease, appeasesFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
appeasing /ɐpˈiːzɪŋ/ 1. lekenyerezés 2. kielégítés 3. kielégülés 4. megbékítés 5. lecsendesítés 6. megbékülésFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/əˈpizɪŋ/