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to placate
01
to put a stop to someone's feelings of anger
Transitive: to placate a person or their anger
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
placate
3rd person singular
placates
Present participle
placating
Past simple
placated
Past participle
placated
Examples
He offered an apology to placate his upset coworker.
Lexical Tree
placating
placation
placate
