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   placate

   /pləˈkeɪt/

   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

   • P

     3

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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