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Propitiate

To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate.

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Conciliate 76% connected

To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.

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Reconcile 76% connected

To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to r…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Settle 76% connected

A seat of any kind.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Appeasable 74% connected

Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Appeasable 74% connected

Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Appeaser 74% connected

One who appeases; a pacifier.

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Appeaser 74% connected

One who appeases; a pacifier.

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Appease 92% connected

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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-ate unknown · 78% connection

As the ending of a verb, it means to make, to cause, to act, etc.; as, to propitiate (to make propitious); to animate (to give life to…

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Allay verb · 78% connection

To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the pas…

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Appay verb · 78% connection

To pay; to satisfy or appease.

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Appealed imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Appease

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Appeasing p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Appease

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Appeasive adjective · 78% connection

Tending to appease.

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Aslake v. t. & i. · 78% connection

To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish.

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Assuage verb · 78% connection

To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tu…

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Atone verb · 78% connection

To set at one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease.

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Auspicious adjective · 78% connection

Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or things.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: appease, render, favorable, propitious, conciliate.
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Becalm verb · 78% connection

To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.

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Conciliated imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Conciliate

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Conciliating p. pr & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Conciliate

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Conciliatory adjective · 78% connection

Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.

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Content adjective · 78% connection

To satisfy the desires of; to make easy in any situation; to appease or quiet; to gratify; to please.

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Defray verb · 78% connection

To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath.

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Fair superl. · 78% connection

Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; favorable; -- said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.; as, a fair sky; a fair da…

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Favor noun · 78% connection

Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.

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