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10-02-2003, 18:52
Word of the Day for Monday February 10, 2003
placate \PLAY-kayt; PLAK-ayt\, transitive verb:
To appease; to pacify, especially by making concessions.
The apologetic owner told us that the lunch was on the
house, which barely placated my friend.
--George Lang, [1]Nobody Knows the Truffles I've Seen
In order to placate the newsmen who were threatening to
leave, her husband, John Biddulph Martin, the wealthy head
of a family-owned bank in London, ordered the waiters to
serve whiskey and ham sandwiches.
--Barbara Goldsmith, [2]Other Powers
I envision the challenge that faces us in education as a
two-headed dragon demanding daily human sacrifice to keep
it placated and to prevent it from devouring the city.
--Roger Shattuck, [3]Candor and Perversion
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Placate derives from the past participle of Latin placare, "to
calm, to placate."
Synonyms: assuage, conciliate, mollify, soothe. [4]Find more
at Thesaurus.com.
placate \PLAY-kayt; PLAK-ayt\, transitive verb:
To appease; to pacify, especially by making concessions.
The apologetic owner told us that the lunch was on the
house, which barely placated my friend.
--George Lang, [1]Nobody Knows the Truffles I've Seen
In order to placate the newsmen who were threatening to
leave, her husband, John Biddulph Martin, the wealthy head
of a family-owned bank in London, ordered the waiters to
serve whiskey and ham sandwiches.
--Barbara Goldsmith, [2]Other Powers
I envision the challenge that faces us in education as a
two-headed dragon demanding daily human sacrifice to keep
it placated and to prevent it from devouring the city.
--Roger Shattuck, [3]Candor and Perversion
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Placate derives from the past participle of Latin placare, "to
calm, to placate."
Synonyms: assuage, conciliate, mollify, soothe. [4]Find more
at Thesaurus.com.