See appease in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "to appease the tumult of the ocean",
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"ref": "1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 21, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:",
"text": "'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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"ref": "2017 October 9, Karl Mathiesen, quoting Tony Abbott, “Tony Abbott says climate change is 'probably doing good'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
"text": "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” .",
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"To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred)."
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "խաղաղեցնել"
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "ἱλάσκομαι"
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"word": "לפייס"
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "រំងាប់"
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "آرام کردن"
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"word": "apaciguar"
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "tyynnyttää"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "apaiser"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "apaciguar"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "besänftigen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "ceansaigh"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "placare"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "pacificare"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "calmare"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
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"code": "km",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "រំងាប់"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
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"code": "fa",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "آرام کردن"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "apaziguar"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "astâmpăra"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "umirotvorjátʹ",
"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
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"word": "умиротворя́ть"
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "appaciari"
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"code": "scn",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "apaciguar"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "sw",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "blidka"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "stilla"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "lugna"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"word": "sakinleştirmek"
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "умиротворя́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "umyrotvorýty",
"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "умиротвори́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "utyxomýrjuvaty",
"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "утихоми́рювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "utyxomýryty",
"sense": "to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "утихоми́рити"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "umirotvorjávam",
"sense": "to come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "умиротворя́вам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "umirotvorjá",
"sense": "to come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "умиротворя́"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "usmířit si"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of",
"word": "lepyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "to come to terms with",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of",
"word": "lepytellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "to adapt to the demands of",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of",
"word": "myöntyä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of",
"word": "apaiser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of",
"word": "beschwichtigen"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "momâšât karan",
"sense": "to come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of",
"word": "مماشات کردن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "del-juyi kardan",
"sense": "to come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of",
"word": "دلجویی کردن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ârâm kardan",
"sense": "to come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of",
"word": "آرام کردن"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umirotvorjátʹ",
"sense": "to come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "умиротворя́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umirotvorítʹ",
"sense": "to come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "умиротвори́ть"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of",
"word": "appaciari"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "umyrotvorjáty",
"sense": "to come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "умиротворя́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "umyrotvorýty",
"sense": "to come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "умиротвори́ти"
}
],
"word": "appease"
}
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