Англо-русский словарь - placate
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placate
v. умиротворять; успокаивать Syn: see quell
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1. умиротворять, успокаивать, утихомиривать to placate smb.'s anger —- успокоить чей-л. гнев ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v.tr. pacify; conciliate. Derivatives placatingly adv. placation n. placatory adj. Etymology: L placare placat- ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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transitive verb (~d; placating) Etymology: Latin placatus, past participle of placare — more at please Date: 1678 to soothe or mollify especially by concessions ; appease Synonyms: see pacify • ~r noun • placatingly adverb • placation noun • placative adjective • placatory adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(placates, placating, placated) If you placate someone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry. (FORMAL) He smiled, trying to placate me... ‘I didn’t mean to upset you,’ Agnew said in a placating voice. = appease VERB: V n, V-ing ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ v formal to make someone stop feeling angry; appease (I tried to placate her by offering to pay for the repairs.) - placatory adv (placatory words) - placation n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1662, from L. placatus, pp. of placare "to calm, appease," related to placere (see please). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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