appeasing

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
appeasing
    adj 1: intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting
           concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at
           Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an
           astonishingly placatory speech" [syn: {appeasing(a)},
           {placating}, {placative}, {placatory}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Appease \Ap*pease"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appealed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Appeasing}.] [OE. apesen, apaisen, OF. apaisier,
   apaissier, F. apaiser, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. pais peace, F.
   paix, fr. L. pax, pacis. See {Peace}.]
   To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to
   still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease
   the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease
   hunger or thirst.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage;
        compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize.
        [1913 Webster]
    

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