Placate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

placate
    v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
         "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: {pacify},
         {lenify}, {conciliate}, {assuage}, {appease}, {mollify},
         {placate}, {gentle}, {gruntle}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Placate \Plac"ate\, n.
   Same as {Placard}, 4 & 5.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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