Found 2 items, similar to placate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: placate
placate
v : 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,
gentle,
gruntle]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Placate
Placate
\Plac"ate\, n.
Same as
Placard, 4 & 5.
[1913 Webster]
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]