appease

CEFRC2

/əˈpiːz/

verb

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In plain English

01
verb
To make someone less angry by giving or saying what they want.
02
verb
Extra detail
To make conciliatory offerings or concessions to (someone) in an attempt to dispel their anger, aggression, etc.; to adapt to the demands of; to come to terms with.

Examples

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

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

In context

They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.
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!'

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'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!'
1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC
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” .
2017 October 9, Karl Mathiesen, quoting Tony Abbott, “Tony Abbott says climate change is 'probably doing good'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
It's been slowly hacked back, amid fears of escalating costs, by politicians who have also increased those costs by adding expensive structures such as tunnels to appease opponents.
2024 October 30, Philip Haigh, “Poor planning and lack of clarity damages rail projects”, in RAIL, number 1021, page 50

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