reappeasev.
/ˌriːəˈpiːz/, U.S. /ˌriəˈpiz/ rare after 17th cent.
transitive. To pacify or appease again.
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society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > bring to peace (strife or discord) [verb (transitive)] > appease or propitiate > again
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1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin i. 57 To be aduertised, afore he entred the citie: whether the tumult of the people were in any sort reappaysed.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To reapease, to quiet.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Reblandir, to reblandish; re pacifie, reappease.
1944 Nebraska State Jrnl. 27 Oct. 4/3 Gearhart rapped the ‘unpreparedness’ of the ‘fourth term candidate who sent to Japan ten million tons of scrap iron, who..appeased and reappeased those who were plotting our undoing’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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