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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Placate \Plac"ate\, n.
Same as Placard, 4 & 5.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Placate \Pla"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Placated; p. pr. & vb.
n. Placating.] [L. placatus, p. p. of placare to placate,
akin to placere to please. See Please.]
To appease; to pacify; to concilate. ``Therefore is he always
propitiated and placated.'' --Cudworth.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Placate \Pla"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Placated; p. pr. & vb.
n. Placating.] [L. placatus, p. p. of placare to placate,
akin to placere to please. See Please.]
To appease; to pacify; to concilate. ``Therefore is he always
propitiated and placated.'' --Cudworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Placate \Plac"ate\, n.
Same as Placard, 4 & 5.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
placate
v : cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
"She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: pacify,
lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify,
gentle, gruntle]
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
placate
Αγγλικά vb.
ηρεμώ, καλμάρω κάποιον
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
placate
Latin vb.
(inflection of la plācō 2 p pres actv impr)
Spanish vb.
(es-verb form of: placar)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
placate
vb.
(lb en transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone
who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no
longer irate.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
placate
Latin vb.
(inflection of la plācō 2 p pres actv impr)
Spanish vb.
(es-verb form of: placar)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
placate
Latin vb.
(inflection of la plācō 2 p pres actv impr)
Spanish vb.
(es-verb form of: placar)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
placate
Engelska vb.
blidka, försona; avväpna
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Placate /plɐkˈeɪt/
إسترض
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
placate //pleɪˈkeɪt// //pləˈkeɪt// //ˈpleɪkeɪt//
омиротворявам, успокоявам
to calm
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
placate /plɐkˈeɪt/
usmířit
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
placate /plɐkˈeɪt/
beschwichtigen
see: placating, placated, placates, placated
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
placate //pleɪˈkeɪt// //pləˈkeɪt// //ˈpleɪkeɪt//
lepyttää, rauhoittaa
to calm
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
placate /plɐkˈeɪt/
1. शांत करना
"Children are unable to placate their teacher for their poor conduct."
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
placate /plɐkˈeɪt/
osigurati, smiriti, umiriti
From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
placate //pleɪˈkeɪt// //pləˈkeɪt// //ˈpleɪkeɪt//
なだめる
to calm
From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
placate /pləˈkeɪt/
zadowalać
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
placate //pleɪˈkeɪt// //pləˈkeɪt// //ˈpleɪkeɪt//
blidka
to calm
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
placate /plɐkˈeɪt/
1. teskin etmek, yatıştırmak. placative placatory yatıştırıcı.
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˈpɫeɪkeɪt/
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "placate":
allay, appease, assuage, calm, comfort, conciliate, cool, defuse,
dulcify, lay, lay the dust, mollify, pacify, pour balm on,
propitiate, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, soothe, sweeten,
tranquilize
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 抚慰,和解,怀柔;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 抚慰,使和解,怀柔
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