'Placate' definitions:

Definition of 'placate'

From: WordNet
verb
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]

Definition of 'Placate'

From: GCIDE
  • Placate \Plac"ate\, n. Same as Placard, 4 & 5. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Placate'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'placate'

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Words containing 'Placate'