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appease
English
Etymology
From Middle English apesen, from Old French apeser (“to pacify, bring to peace”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??pi?z/
- Rhymes: -i?z
Verb
appease (third-person singular simple present appeases, present participle appeasing, simple past and past participle appeased)
- To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
- Synonyms: calm, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, still, lull
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
- '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!'
- To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.
- Synonyms: mollify, propitiate
Antonyms
- antagonize
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- appease in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- appease in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- paepaes
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hush
English
Etymology
From Middle English huschen (“to hush”) (as past participle husht (“silent; hushed”) and interjection husht (“quiet!”)). Cognate with Low German huschen, hüssen (“to hush; lull”), German huschen (“to shoo; scurry”), Danish hysse (“to hush”), and maybe Albanian hesht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h??/, /h??/
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
hush (third-person singular simple present hushes, present participle hushing, simple past and past participle hushed)
- (intransitive) To become quiet.
- (transitive) To make quiet.
- (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
- 1682, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv'd
- Wilt thou, then, Hush my cares?
- And hush'd my deepest grief of all.
- 1682, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv'd
- (transitive) To clear off soil and other materials overlying the bedrock.
Translations
Noun
hush (uncountable)
- A silence, especially after some noise
- A mining method using water
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Huhs
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
From English hush.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h??/
- Hyphenation: hush
Interjection
hush
- there, there (calm somebody)
Verb
hush
- be quiet
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