| VERB | emotion | placate, pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, gentle, gruntle | cause to be more favorably inclined |
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| Sounds | pley'keyt | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| 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 | |
| Model | The performance is likely to placate Sue | |
| Synonyms | pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, 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 | |
| Adjectives | placative, placatory | intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions |
| Nouns | placation | the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity |
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