appease

Definition

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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!'"
• "Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has suggested climate change is “probably doing good” in a speech in London in which he likened policies to combat it to “primitive people once killing goats to appease the volcano gods” ."