All 3 Uses
placate
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Sweet Far Thing
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- "Yes, I'm sure you could, Brigid, and fine stories they'd be," Felicity says, as sweetly as a mother placating her irritable child.†
Chpt 1 *placating = calming someone who is or may become angry or concerned
- "I can offer a temporary share of the magic," I say, feeling that I must placate them.†
Chpt 2
- You mean to placate us with this?†
Chpt 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(placate) calm someone who is or may become angry or concerned
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)