"placet" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ˈpleɪsɛt/
Etymology: Latin placet (“it is pleasing”), inflection of placeō (“I am pleasing”). Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|la|placet||it is pleasing}} Latin placet (“it is pleasing”), {{m|la|placeō||I am pleasing}} placeō (“I am pleasing”) Head templates: {{en-interj}} placet
  1. Expression of assent to a vote in the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
    Sense id: en-placet-en-intj-PGyBjExE

Noun

IPA: /ˈpleɪsɛt/ Forms: placets [plural]
Etymology: Latin placet (“it is pleasing”), inflection of placeō (“I am pleasing”). Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|la|placet||it is pleasing}} Latin placet (“it is pleasing”), {{m|la|placeō||I am pleasing}} placeō (“I am pleasing”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} placet (plural placets)
  1. A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
    Sense id: en-placet-en-noun-uCxHaWGi
  2. The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.
    Sense id: en-placet-en-noun-KbqKEXt4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: non placet

Inflected forms

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