VERB | emotion | lenify, pacify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle | cause to be more favorably inclined |
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Meaning | Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | pacify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle | |
Broader | calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still | make calm or still |
Spanish | aliviar, apaciguar, aplacar, calmar, pacificar, sosegar, suavizar | |
Catalan | alleujar, apaivagar, aplacar, assossegar, conciliar, pacificar, suavitzar |
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