appease
verb /əˈpiːz/
/əˈpiːz/
(formal, usually disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they appease | /əˈpiːz/ /əˈpiːz/ |
| he / she / it appeases | /əˈpiːzɪz/ /əˈpiːzɪz/ |
| past simple appeased | /əˈpiːzd/ /əˈpiːzd/ |
| past participle appeased | /əˈpiːzd/ /əˈpiːzd/ |
| -ing form appeasing | /əˈpiːzɪŋ/ /əˈpiːzɪŋ/ |
- appease somebody to make somebody calmer or less angry by giving them what they want
- The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime.
- appease somebody/something to give a country what it wants in order to avoid warTopics War and conflictc2
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French apaisier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + pais ‘peace’.