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Word entry · 7 letters

appease

Best crossword clue

"Soothe with concessions"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /əˈpiːz/Part of speech verbSorted aaeeppsStarts with AEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1A2P3P4E5A6S7E

Definitions

  1. To calm someone by giving way or making concessions.

Word origin

From Middle English apesen, from Old French apeser (“to pacify, bring to peace”).

Used in a sentence

  • to appease the tumult of the ocean
  • 'First, a little refreshment to reward my exertions. You may as well be quiet. It is not the first time, or the second, that your veins have appeased my thirst!'
  • They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.

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