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▪ I. appeasing, vbl. n.|əˈpiːzɪŋ|
[f. appease v. + -ing1.]
(Now mostly gerundial.)
1. The action of pacifying or calming; pacification.
1525–30More De quat. Noviss. Wks. 1557, 87/1 Thappeasyng of his minde that is so stricken. 1660Hist. Indep. iv. 55 For the only appeasing whereof, most of the county forces..did speedily march.
†2. The means of bringing peace or pacification.
1561T. N[orton] Calvin's Inst. ii. 169 He first loued vs, and sent hys sonne to be the appeasing for our sinnes. 1624Bedell Lett. vii. 113 The same..words may be a thanks⁓giuing for one, and an appeasing of God's wrath for another.
▪ II. aˈppeasing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2]
That appeases; pacifying, quieting, calming.
a1650Crashaw Sacr. Poems (1858) 148 The airy shop of soul-appeasing sound. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Appeasing Remedies..are those which assuage the pain in a disease. |