soothe, ease, bring peace; relieve, satisfy
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Appease Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Appease Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.
appease
\ap*pease"\ (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. appealed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. appeasing.] [oe. apesen, apaisen, of. apaisier, apaissier, f. apaiser, fr. a (l. ad) + of. pais peace, f. paix, fr. l. pax, pacis. see peace.] to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.
To soothe by quieting anger or indignation
Cymmodroddi = v. to appease
Dyhuddo = v. to appease
Heddychu = to pacify, to appease
Heddygu = v. to pacify, to appease
Ymlonyddu = v. to appease one's self
Verb
1. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
(synonym) pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
(hypernym) calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
2. overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"
(synonym) quell, stay
(hypernym) meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
3. make peace with
(synonym) propitiate
(hypernym) reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
(derivation) appeaser
Appease Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Appeasement is a diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to an aggressor. Historian Paul Kennedy defines it as "the policy of settling international quarrels by admitting and satisfying grievances through rational negotiation and compromise, thereby avoiding the resort to an armed conflict which would be expensive, bloody, and possibly dangerous." Kennedy's definition has been widely cited by scholars. Appeasement was used by European democracies in the 1930s who wished to avoid war with the dictatorships of Germany and Italy, bearing in mind the horrors of World War I.
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