placate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: placate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for placate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
placate 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Placate \Plac"ate\, n. Same as {Placard}, 4 & 5.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Placate \Pla"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Placated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Placating}.] [L. placatus, p. p. of placare to placate, akin to placere to please. See {Please}.] To appease; to pacify; to concilate. [bd]Therefore is he always propitiated and placated.[b8] --Cudworth.