| slovo | definícia |
placating
(encz) | placating,usmiřování n: Jaroslav Šedivý |
Placating
(gcide) | Placate \Pla"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Placated; p. pr. & vb.
n. Placating.] [L. placatus, p. p. of placare to placate,
akin to placere to please. See Please.]
To appease; to pacify; to concilate. "Therefore is he always
propitiated and placated." --Cudworth.
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placating
(wn) | placating
adj 1: intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting
concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at
Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an
astonishingly placatory speech" [syn: appeasing(a),
placating, placative, placatory] |
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placating
(encz) | placating,usmiřování n: Jaroslav Šedivý |
placatingly
(encz) | placatingly, adv: |
placating
(wn) | placating
adj 1: intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting
concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at
Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an
astonishingly placatory speech" [syn: appeasing(a),
placating, placative, placatory] |
placatingly
(wn) | placatingly
adv 1: in a placating manner; "Jenny smiled placatingly" |
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