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Meanings of placate in English

Portuguese
acalmar
Catalan
apaivagar
Spanish
aliviar

Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of.

      acalmar
      Usage of placate in English
      1
      In February the government sought to placate foreign investors with a Crisis?
      The Guardian
      2
      Sources believe Bewkes will take steps to placate Robinov given his success.
      Reuters
      3
      We shall have sore work to placate my guest, then.' He sighs.
      Wolf hall
      4
      He had always employed laughter as a means to placate his victims.
      Jonathan strange and mr norrell
      5
      In an attempt to placate her, I ask if she feels singular.
      The Guardian
      6
      Mubarak named Shafik prime minister in a last-ditch attempt to placate protesters.
      Reuters
      7
      Mubarak named Shafiq prime minister in a last-ditch attempt to placate protesters.
      Reuters
      8
      Victor was now forced to placate the men he had himself incited.
      Julian
      9
      He had been put on the ticket with Garfield to placate Conkling.
      Marse Henry (Volume 2) / An Autobiography
      10
      Mukherjee sought to placate investors in May by deferring GAAR until 2013.
      Reuters
      11
      A BLM announcement that the round-up was suspended failed to placate him.
      The Guardian
      12
      Avallach has smiled on us. This didn't seem to placate the troll.
      The Child Thief
      13
      Wherefore his attempt to placate his assailant was something less than diplomatic.
      A Fool for Love
      14
      To win the primaries, you had to placate the party's indissoluble base.
      Idiot america: how stupidity became a virtue in the land of the ...
      15
      Then he had sought to placate, and had almost cringed to Monty.
      The Eye of Zeitoon
      16
      Rio mayor Eduardo Paes has also tried to placate fears over Zika.
      Radio NZ
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      Translations for placate
      Spanish
      aliviar
      Placate through the time
      Placate across language varieties
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      Common
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