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placate 音標拼音: [pl'eket] vt. 撫慰,使和解,懷柔 撫慰,使和解,懷柔 placate v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; " She managed to mollify the angry customer" [ synonym: { pacify}, { lenify}, { conciliate}, { assuage}, { appease}, { mollify}, { placate}, { gentle}, { gruntle}] Placate \ Plac" ate\, n. Same as { Placard}, 4 & 5. [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster] 21 Moby Thesaurus words for " placate": allay, appease, assuage, calm, comfort, conciliate, cool, defuse, dulcify, lay, lay the dust, mollify, pacify, pour balm on, propitiate, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, soothe, sweeten, tranquilize
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