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Webster 1913 Edition

Placate

Plac′ate

,
Noun.
Same as
Placard
, 4 & 5.

Pla′cate

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Placate

PLA'CATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. placo, to appease.]
To appease or pacify; to conciliate.

Definition 2024

placate

placate

See also: plaĉate

English

Verb

placate ‎(third-person singular simple present placates, present participle placating, simple past and past participle placated)

  1. (transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that he or she becomes content or at least no longer irate.

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Italian

Verb

placate

  1. second-person plural present of placare
  2. second-person plural imperative of placare
  3. feminine plural past participle of placare

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Latin

Verb

plācāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of plācō

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Etymology

From Latin plācātus, past participle of plācō ‎(“appease, placate”, literally “smooth, smoothen”), from Proto-Indo-European *plāk- ‎(“smooth, flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pele- ‎(“broad, flat, plain”). Related to Latin placeō ‎(“appease”), Old English flōh ‎(“flat stone, chip”). More at please.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pləˈkeɪt/, /pleɪˈkeɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪkeɪt/, /pleɪˈkeɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

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