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placate verb allay, appease, assuage, bring to terms, calm, conciliate, disarm, dulcify, heal the breach, humor, hush, make peace, mollify, pacificate, pacify, patch up a quarrel, placare, please, propitiate, quiet, reconcile, restore harmony, salve, satisfy, silence, smooth, soothe, still, win over See also: disarm, lull, mollify, pacify, propitiate, reconcile, soothe How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| No one is asking for a revival of German militarism, but lectures from German statesmen on the moral superiority of Germany's placatory impulses are tiresome and unconvincing. Cheek by Jowl caroled Shakespeare's songs plangently in four-part harmony, but the Ridiculous' Titania (Beth Dodye Bass) had to add a placatory wince to the promise that her fairies would sing. |
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