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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions;
- Example: "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"
- Example: "placating (or placative) gestures"
- Example: "an astonishingly placatory speech"
[syn: appeasing(a), placating, placative, placatory]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Appease \Ap*pease"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appealed; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Appeasing.] [OE. apesen, apaisen, OF. apaisier,
   apaissier, F. apaiser, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. pais peace, F.
   paix, fr. L. pax, pacis. See Peace.]
   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 of the passions; to appease
   hunger or thirst.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage;
        compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

appeasing
    adj 1: intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting
           concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at
           Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an
           astonishingly placatory speech" [syn: appeasing(a),
           placating, placative, placatory]