appeasing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: appeasing	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for appeasing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
appeasing adj intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an astonishingly placatory speech" Synonym(s): appeasing(a), placating, placative, placatory
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appease \Ap*pease"\, 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.