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appease /əˈpiːz/  

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  • verb
    -peases; -peased; -peasing
    [+ obj] formal
    often disapproving :to make (someone) pleased or less angry by giving or saying something desired
    They appeased the dictator by accepting his demands in an effort to avoid war.
    Efforts to appease [=pacify, placate] the angry protesters were unsuccessful.
    His critics were not appeased by this last speech.
    They made sacrifices to appease the gods.
    to make (a pain, a problem, etc.) less painful or troubling
    We had no way to appease our hunger.
    She appeased [=eased] her guilty conscience by telling him the truth.