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placable, a.|ˈpleɪkəb(ə)l, ˈplækab(ə)l|
[ME. a. OF. placable, ad. L. plācābilis, f. plācāre to appease: see -able.]
†1. Pleasing, agreeable. Obs.
c1450Mirour Saluacioun 723 Marie was body and sawle to godd perfitely placable. c1540Boorde The boke for to Lerne A iij b, It may be placable to the iyes of all men to se. 1542― Dyetary ii. (1870) 234 That it may be placable to the eyes of all men to se and to beholde.
2. Capable of being, or easy to be, appeased or pacified; mild, gentle, forgiving.
1586A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 93 To thy Enemies..thou art placable. 1667Milton P.L. xi. 151 Since I saught By Prayer th' offended Deitie to appease,..Methought I saw him placable and mild. 1741Richardson Pamela II. 166 My Pamela is very placable. 1819J. W. Croker in C. Papers 15 Sept., Tories are placable people. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. IV. xxv. 6 Though irritable, he was placable, and at heart was truly loyal.
†b. transf. (of a thing). Obs.
1609Bible (Douay) Isa. lx. 7 They shal be offered upon my placable altar.
¶3. Peaceable, quiet. (Catachrestic.)
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. viii. iii. (1623) 400 Being at length..surfeited with glory,..he resolved on a more placable course of life. 1841D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 130 The civil wars..soon drew off the minds of men from the placable innovators of language. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Note-Bks. I. 259 The wind blew in momentary gusts, and then became more placable. |