appease : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: appease	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for appease
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
appease v cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" Synonym(s): pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" Synonym(s): quell, stay, appease make peace with Synonym(s): propitiate, appease
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appease \Appease"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appealed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appeasing}.] [OE. apesen, apaisen, OF. apaisier, apaissier, F. apaiser, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. pais peace, F. paix, fr. L. pax, pacis. See {Peace}.] To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease* the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst. Syn: To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage; compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize.