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appease
verb appeased, appeasing
    1. To calm, quieten, pacify, etc, especially by making some kind of concession.
      Thesaurus: calm, allay, soothe, assuage, ease, quiet, diminish, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, soften; Antonym: provoke, anger.
    2. To satisfy or allay (a thirst, appetite, doubt, etc).
      Thesaurus: satisfy, quell, quench, be enough, do, serve.
Derivative: appeaser
noun
    Derivative: appeasing
    adj
      Derivative: appeasingly
      adverb
        Etymology: 14c: from French apesier to bring to peace.



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