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   Pla·cate

   /ˈplāˌkāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. make (someone) less angry or hostile: "they attempted to placate the students with promises"

   Word Origin late 17th century: from Latin placat- ‘appeased’, from the verb placare.

   Derivatives

   • 1. placation noun
   • 2. placater noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   16 hours ago · Coaches lose confidence and end up “trying harder”, and ultimately making poor tactical and selection decisions. The players are split-off through either whispers, or the consequences of the poor tactics/selections which the coach ultimately makes as he tries harder to placate his “superiors” Injuries exacerbate all of this of course.

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   What does placate mean in English?

   • From Latin plācātus, past participle of plācō (“appease, placate", literally “smooth, smoothen"), from Proto-Indo-European *plāk- (“smooth, flat"), from Proto-Indo-European *pele- (“broad, flat, plain"). Related to Latin placeō (“appease"), Old English flōh (“flat stone, chip"). More at please. I don't need you to placate me!

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   What does placation mean?

   • pla·ca′tion (plā-kā′shən) n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. v.t. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. to appease or pacify, esp. by concessions. pla′cat•er, n. pla•ca′tion, n.

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   What does placate & propitiate mean?

   • placate suggests changing resentment or bitterness to goodwill. mollify implies soothing hurt feelings or rising anger. propitiate implies averting anger or malevolence especially of a superior being. conciliate suggests ending an estrangement by persuasion, concession, or settling of differences.

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