| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pla·cate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pl  kt , pl kt |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: pla·cat·ed, pla·cat·ing, pla·cates
To allay the anger of, especially by making concessions; appease. See synonyms at pacify. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin plcre, plct-, to calm. See plk-1 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | placater —NOUN
pla·cation (pl-ksh n) —NOUN
placa·tory (-tôr , -t r) , placative (-kt v) —ADJECTIVE
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