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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


plaĉate

plaĉate

See also: placate

Esperanto

Adverb

plaĉate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of plaĉi