appease

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /əˈpiːz/
• SAMPA: /@"pi:z/

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• Hyphenation: ap‧pease

Verb

Plain form appease

Third-person singular appeases

Past tense appeased

Past participle appeased

Present participle appeasing

1. (transitive) To appease is to calm down an angry or dangerous person.

   She was so angry, but he managed to appease her.