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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: , past participle of placare

placate

 verb
     
pla‧cate [transitive] formal
to make someone stop feeling angry [= appease]:
These changes did little to placate the unions.
—placatory adjective:
a placatory smile
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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