placate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
    gruntle; appease; conciliate; assuage; gentle; pacify; mollify; lenify.
    • She managed to mollify the angry customer

WordNet

Plac"ate noun
Definitions
  1. Same as Placard, 4 & 5.
Pla"cate transitive verb
Etymology
L. placatus, p.p. of placare to placate, akin to placere to please. See Please.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Placated ; present participle & verbal noun Placating
Definitions
  1. To appease; to pacify; to concilate. "Therefore is he always propitiated and placated." Cudworth.

Webster 1913