placate

Verb

Synonyms: pacify lenify conciliate assuage appease mollify gentle gruntle

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of“She managed to mollify the angry customer”Synonyms: pacify lenify conciliate assuage appease mollify gentle gruntle

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Placate \Plac"ate\, n. Same as Placard, 4 & 5. [1913 Webster]

Placate \Pla"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Placated; p. pr. & vb. n. Placating.] [L. placatus, p. p. of placare to placate, akin to placere to please. See Please.] To appease; to pacify; to concilate. "Therefore is he always propitiated and placated." --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]