Placate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Placate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Verb

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

"She managed to mollify the angry customer"

pacify lenify conciliate assuage appease mollify placate gentle gruntle

To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.

See Also

implacable conciliate unplacatable placateth placates placative placater hold with hare and run with hounds

Related Terms

implacable conciliate unplacatable placateth placates placative placater hold with hare and run with hounds calm soothe furious placatively placatable placated influence placatingly placid placatory placatest palliate

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

calm

Rhyming Words

ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate

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