placate
Meaning
Verb
- 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.
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Origin
- From Latin plācātus, past participle of plācō, from Proto-Indo-European *plāk- ("smooth, flat"), from *pele-. Related to Latin placeō ("appease"), Old English flōh ("flat stone, chip"). More at please.
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