appease

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to pacify or placate by acceding to demands

   They tried to appease the angry crowd with promises.

Simplified etymology

Appease dates from Middle English and literally meant “bring to a peaceful state.” It ultimately shares the Latin root pax, meaning “peace,” with peace, pacific, and pacify.

From Old French apaisier ('to pacify, bring to peace'), from a- ('to') + pais ('peace'), from Latin pax ('peace').

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