Associations to the word «Placate»

Wiktionary

PLACATE, verb. (transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that he or she becomes content or at least no longer irate.

Dictionary definition

PLACATE, verb. Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne