| 单词 | placate |
| 释义 | placate placate1 —placater, n. —placation /play kay"sheuhn/, n. /play"kayt, plak"ayt/, v.t., placated, placating. to appease or pacify, esp. by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry. [1670-80; < L placatus ptp. of placare to quiet, calm, appease, akin to placere to PLEASE; see -ATE1] Syn. conciliate, satisfy. placate2 /plak"ayt, -it/, n. Armor. a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used esp. as a reinforcement over a breastplate. Also, placard, placcate, plackart. [1625-35; appar. var. of PLACARD] |
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