placate

pla·cate

P0342200 (plā′kāt′, plăk′āt′)tr.v. pla·cat·ed, pla·cat·ing, pla·cates To allay the anger of, especially by making concessions; appease. See Synonyms at pacify.

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[Latin plācāre, plācāt-, to calm; see plāk- in Indo-European roots.]

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pla′cat′er n.pla·ca′tion (plā-kā′shən) n.pla′ca·to′ry (-tôr′ē), pla′ca′tive (-kā′tĭv) adj.

placate

(pləˈkeɪt) vb (tr) to pacify or appease[C17: from Latin plācāre; see placable] plaˈcation n

pla•cate

(ˈpleɪ keɪt, ˈplæk eɪt)

v.t. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. to appease or pacify, esp. by concessions. [1670–80; < Latin plācātus, past participle of plācāre to quiet, calm, appease, akin to placēre to please; see -ate¹] pla′cat•er, n. pla•ca′tion, n. pla′ca•tive, pla′ca•to`ry (-ˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj.

placate

Past participle: placated
Gerund: placating

Imperative
placate
placate

Present
I placate
you placate
he/she/it placates
we placate
you placate
they placate

Preterite
I placated
you placated
he/she/it placated
we placated
you placated
they placated

Present Continuous
I am placating
you are placating
he/she/it is placating
we are placating
you are placating
they are placating

Present Perfect
I have placated
you have placated
he/she/it has placated
we have placated
you have placated
they have placated

Past Continuous
I was placating
you were placating
he/she/it was placating
we were placating
you were placating
they were placating

Past Perfect
I had placated
you had placated
he/she/it had placated
we had placated
you had placated
they had placated

Future
I will placate
you will placate
he/she/it will placate
we will placate
you will placate
they will placate

Future Perfect
I will have placated
you will have placated
he/she/it will have placated
we will have placated
you will have placated
they will have placated

Future Continuous
I will be placating
you will be placating
he/she/it will be placating
we will be placating
you will be placating
they will be placating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been placating
you have been placating
he/she/it has been placating
we have been placating
you have been placating
they have been placating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been placating
you will have been placating
he/she/it will have been placating
we will have been placating
you will have been placating
they will have been placating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been placating
you had been placating
he/she/it had been placating
we had been placating
you had been placating
they had been placating

Conditional
I would placate
you would placate
he/she/it would placate
we would placate
you would placate
they would placate

Past Conditional
I would have placated
you would have placated
he/she/it would have placated
we would have placated
you would have placated
they would have placated

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

placate - cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacifycalm, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm down, quiet, quieten, lull - make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"

placate

verb calm, satisfy, humour, soothe, appease, assuage, pacify, mollify, win someone over, conciliate, propitiate He smiled, and made a gesture intended to placate me.

placate

verbTo ease the anger or agitation of:appease, assuage, calm (down), conciliate, dulcify, gentle, mollify, pacify, propitiate, soften, soothe, sweeten.Idiom: pour oil on troubled water.

Translations

安慰

placate

(pləˈkeit) , ((American) ˈpleikeit) verb to stop (an angry person) feeling angry. He placated her with an apology. 安慰 安慰