单词 | appease |
释义 | † appeasen. Obsolete. rare. An appeasing, allaying; appeasement. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > making less violent, vigorous, or severe > instance of slakea1300 easec1440 appease1667 c1330 Arth. & Merl. 2342 Tho thai were al at aise Ich went to his in apaise. 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 59 The engines of raising water [were] so destroyed, that there was no suitable appease to it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). appeasev. 1. a. To bring to peace, pacify, quiet, or settle (strife or disorder). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > bring to peace (strife or discord) [verb (transitive)] appease1330 peasea1387 soberc1430 pacifya1513 stay1537 stickle1556 still1570 society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > make (peace) [verb (transitive)] > pacify (strife or contention) appease1330 peasec1330 pacifya1513 stickle1556 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 245 Sir Edward gos to Gascoyn forto apese. 1400 Ld. Grey in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. I. ii. i. 3 To apees the misgouernance and the riote. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. lxi. 207 Praying hym to apease the matter with ye kynge of Aragon. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. K4v [Julius Cæsar] could with one word appease a mutinie in his Armie. View more context for this quotation 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 17 [She] appeased this Tumult..by her Prudence. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 154 To appease their continual feuds. 1920 W. S. Churchill Let. 24 Mar. in World Crisis (1929) IV. xvii. 378 I should be prepared to make peace with Soviet Russia on the best terms available to appease the general situation. b. To bring to peace, calm, or quiet (persons at strife or in disorder). Also figurative. Obsolete except as in 4b. ΚΠ c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3212 Betwene hem wente kyng Sortybron & a-paysede hem. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. vii. f. xiv/2 Moued by charyte..tacorde & appese them togider. 1582 Bible (Rheims) Acts xix. 35 When the Scribe had appeased the multitudes. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 53 Busied in appeasing and reforming of the disordered citie. 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 317 To appease the troubled ocean. 2. a. To pacify, assuage, or allay (anger or displeasure). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > compose or make calm [verb (transitive)] softa1225 stilla1325 coolc1330 accoya1375 appeasec1374 attemperc1386 lullc1386 quieta1398 peasea1400 amesec1400 assuagec1400 mesec1400 soberc1430 modify?a1439 establish1477 establish1477 pacify1484 pacify1515 unbrace?1526 settle1530 steady1530 allay1550 calm1559 compromitc1574 restore1582 recollect1587 serenize1598 smooth1604 compose1607 recompose1611 becalm1613 besoothe1614 unprovokea1616 halcyon1616 unstrain1616 leniate1622 tranquillize1623 unperplexa1631 belull1631 sedate1646 unmaze1647 assopiatea1649 serenate1654 serene1654 tranquillify1683 soothe1697 unalarm1722 reserene1755 quietize1791 peacify1845 quieten1853 conjure1856 peace1864 disfever1880 patise1891 de-tension1961 mellow1974 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. vii. 148 Hercules..apaised [e] wiþ þat deeþ þe wraþþe of euander. a1450 Knt. de la Tour 13 Forto apese the wrathe of God..thei fasted. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) f. 129v The iust goddes neuer appease their ires ageinst vniust men. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 41 These two Kids, t'appease his angry Mood, I bear. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 79. ⁋5 To appease enmity by blandishments and bribes. 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 89 By the mists..his [sc. the sun's] implacable light is divided, and its separated fierceness appeased into the soft blue. b. To pacify or propitiate (him who is angry). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > bring to peace (strife or discord) [verb (transitive)] > appease or propitiate soft?c1225 queema1325 appeasec1374 pleasea1382 softena1382 mollifya1450 pacifya1500 apeace1523 temper1525 mitigatea1535 qualify?c1550 thaw1582 propitiate1583 aslake1590 smooth1608 to lay down1629 addulce1655 sweeten1657 acquiesce1659 gentle1663 palliate1678 placate1678 conciliate1782 to pour oil on the waters (also on troubled waters)1847 square1859 square1945 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 22 Ye fers Mars apesyn of his yre. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 501 Thus a-peesed the quene sir Gawein. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 187/2 Christe..hath once appeased God his father toward vs. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 846 Hast'n to appease Th' incensed Father, and th' incensed Son. View more context for this quotation 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 212 This well timed compliment instantly appeased the angry fairy. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 244 The king was silenced, but not appeased. c. Politics. In derog. sense (cf. sense 2a), used esp. of the British Prime Minister's efforts from 1937 to 1939 to placate, and so stave off the threatened aggression of, the Axis powers: to engage in a policy of appeasement (see appeasement n.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > make (peace) [verb (transitive)] > pacify as specific policy appease1939 1939 Ann. Reg. 1938 104 So far were they from trying to ‘appease’ the Dictators that they might rather be described as ‘facing up’ to them. 1940 War Illustr. 16 Feb. 106/3 If at any time..there are signs of a renewed desire for appeasement, let the fate of the Polish people remind us of the power we wish to appease. 1940 New Statesman 21 Dec. 650/1 He took a different view of the Nazis, whom he thought we could successfully appease. 1940 New Republic 23 Dec. 852/2 While England is appeasing Franco in this strictly limited sense, Franco is certainly not appeasing world opinion. 3. To assuage, soothe, allay, or relieve: a. physical pain (obsolete) or mental suffering. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > anaesthetization, pain-killing, etc. > practise anaesthetization, pain-killing, etc. [verb (transitive)] > allay pain lissea1000 softc1225 appeasec1374 releasea1393 stancha1398 mortifya1400 unpain1540 resolve1573 the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > be relieved of [verb (transitive)] > console or relieve > relieve (suffering) lissea1000 alightOE allayc1225 softc1225 comfort1297 laya1300 eathea1325 allegea1375 appeasec1374 laska1375 slakea1387 releasea1393 balma1400 to bete one of one's balea1400 to cool a person's caresc1400 delivera1413 leggea1425 mitigate?a1425 repress?a1425 alleviate?a1475 allevya1500 alleve1544 leviate1545 lenify1567 allevate1570 ungrieve1589 straight1604 mulcify1653 balsama1666 solace1667 meliorate1796 c1374 G. Chaucer Compl. Mars 10 Apeseth [v.r. appeseth, -ease, -eesiþe, -esith, apaysith] sumwhat of your sorowes smart. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 448 In the wynter season Covert of stre thaire coldes must appeson. 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. ii. f. 18v/1 To appayse the payne of all apostemes. 1706 J. Addison Rosamond iii. iii Fain would my tongue his griefs appease. 1828 N. Hawthorne Fanshawe v. 64 I pray you to appease your anxiety. ΚΠ c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 887 Berith hym this blew ring, For ther is nothing might..better his hert apese. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) iv. i. 58 Solace..wherwith to appesen his herte. 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. Pref. sig. ¶¶¶jv The sicke [shall be] appaised of griefe. 4. To pacify, by satisfying demands (literal or figurative): a. complaints (obsolete), cravings, appetites, prejudices. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be content or satisfied with [verb (transitive)] > content or satisfy > a desire or appetite stanchc1315 queema1325 slakec1325 fill1340 servea1393 feedc1400 exploita1425 assuagec1430 astaunchc1430 slocken?1507 eslakec1530 sate1534 saturate1538 appease1549 glut1549 answer1594 exsatiate1599 embaitc1620 palliate1631 recreate1643 still1657 jackal1803 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. xi. f. xxxiiv To apease mennes bodyly thruste. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C5v Now then your plaint appease. 1783 S. Johnson Let. 20 Nov. (1994) IV. 246 To have no assistance..in resolving doubts, in appeasing scruples. 1863 J. H. Burton Book-hunter (ed. 2) 42 The savage who seeks but to appease the hunger of the moment. b. the person who makes the demand or has the appetite. Const. with. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be content or satisfied with [verb (transitive)] > content or satisfy > a desire or appetite > person appease1561 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. Pref. He hymselfe was appeased with a cardinalls hatte. a1727 I. Newton Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) ii. 223 Bacchus appeased him [Vulcan] with wine. 1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. iii. 60 What did you do to appease these insolent fellows? ΚΠ c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋895 Whan he is debonaire and meeke, and appesith [apeiseth, -aiseth] him lightly. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 40 She appeased hyr self. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. vii. 6 Fayre suster appease your selfe. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > become less violent or severe [verb (intransitive)] allayc1275 softc1300 assuage1330 swagec1330 slakea1352 stanchc1420 overslakec1425 appeasec1440 to swage ofc1440 to sit downa1555 soften1565 slack1580 mitigate1633 moderate1737 gentle1912 the mind > emotion > calmness > become composed or calm [verb (intransitive)] > of the heart appeasec1440 c1440 Partonope 3986 Hys hert somwat ganne apese. c1500 Blowbols Test. 36 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 93 Whan his angwyssh some what gan apese. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xcii. 114 The thirde day..the see apeased. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 18 After the crueltie appeased. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1330v.1330 |
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