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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
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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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