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Webster 1913 Edition
Appease
Ap-pease′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Appealed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Appeasing
.] [OE.
apesen
, apaisen
, OF. apaisier
, apaissier
, F. apaiser
, fr. a
(L. ad
) + OF. pais
peace, F. paix
, fr. L. pax
, pacis
. See Peace
.] To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred);
as, to
appease
the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease
hunger or thirst.
Syn. – To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage; compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize.
Webster 1828 Edition
Appease
APPE'ASE
,Verb.
T.
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; as, to appease the tumult of the ocean or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.
[This word is of a general application to every thing in a disturbed, ruffled or agitated state.]
Definition 2024
appease
appease
English
Verb
appease (third-person singular simple present appeases, present participle appeasing, simple past and past participle appeased)
- To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
- to appease the tumult of the ocean
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
- `First, a little refreshment to reward my exertions. You may as well be quiet. It is not the first time, or the second, that your veins have appeased my thirst!'
- To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.
- They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.
Synonyms
- (reduce to a state of peace): calm, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, still, lull
- (come to terms with): mollify, propitiate
Antonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from appease
Translations
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify
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