Verb: placate 'pley,keyt or 'pla,keyt [N. Amer], plu'keyt [Brit]
- Cause to be more favourably inclined; gain the good will of
"She managed to placate the angry customer";
- pacify, lenify [archaic], conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, gentle, gruntle
Derived forms: placating, placates, placated
Type of: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten [Brit], still, tranquilize [N. Amer], tranquillise [Brit], tranquillize
Encyclopedia: Placate