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Definition of Placate

Placate
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. ``Therefore is he always propitiated and placated.' --Cudworth.
Placate
Placate Plac"ate, n. Same as Placard, 4 & 5.

Meaning of Placate from wikipedia

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- text of Sholem Aleichem's play, but emphasising the class conflict to placate the Soviet censor, for whom otherwise a Jewish topic may have proved problematic...
- decision was seen as a way to maintain British influence in the region while placating local demands for leadership. Upon his coronation, he focused on unifying...
- Acacian schism, started in 484 by Acacius of Constantinople's efforts to placate the non-Chalcedonians. His efforts to resolve this schism were successful...
- been conceived by the Socialist Unity Party's youth wing in an attempt to placate the youth of East Germany, who were hungry for more freedom and the po****r...
- constructed as sacrifices for decay rather than for worship and built to placate specific deities, such as Ala, a deity in Igbo mythology. They were built...
- platitude that is trite or unoriginal. It can be intended to soothe or placate; it can suggest insincerity or a lack of originality in the speaker. Bromide...
- cultures are unknown but it is often thought to have been performed to placate certain gods. Although there is no incontrovertible evidence of child sacrifice...
- Your Children Placate You From Premature Graves is a 2006 album by The Legendary Pink Dots. It is the group's 25th anniversary album. Edward Ka-Spel –...
- the person or party who has made the offer. It can also be money paid to placate a disgruntled adversary who may disclose embarr****ing information, even...