Crossword clues for placating
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of placate English)
WordNet
Usage examples of "placating".
Chivalry held out a placating hand to Molly, nodding at something she said.
He ends up Placating and apologizing and generally crawling about on the floor being an animated exercise mat for F.
At first Leicester, Burleigh and those who rejoiced that the menace was removed were aghast until they realized that she had no intention of being foolish and was merely placating her enemies.
Our attention now must be to the city, placating the King, of course, who is at this very moment eating his morning meal in the house of the merchant you executed.
But while placating Danube, we must work quickly to strengthen our grip over Palmaris.
King Danube will not oppose us now, not after the manner in which the woman attacked me, and not after your work, Bishop Francis, in placating the masses.
Out here I seem to spend as much time placating Pomptinus as I do at anything more productive.
Concealing his apprehension behind a stern expression, Zweller stepped between the two men and spread his hands in a placating gesture.