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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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slake
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sle?k/
- Rhymes: -e?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English slaken (“to render slack, to slake”), from Middle English sleacian, from sleac (“slack”).
The modern Swedish verb släcka retains most of the same meanings as listed below, as in släcka sin törst (“quench one's thirst”), släcka elden (“put out the fire”), and släckt kalk (“slaked lime”).
Verb
slake (third-person singular simple present slakes, present participle slaking, simple past and past participle slaked)
- (transitive) To satisfy (thirst, or other desires). [from 14thc.]
- Synonyms: quench, extinguish
- (transitive) To cool (something) with water or another liquid. [from 14thc.]
- 1961, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, p.14:
- Notes for landscape tones. Long sequences of tempera. Light filtered through the essence of lemons. An air full of brick-dust - sweet smelling brick dust and the odour of hot pavements slaked with water.
- 1961, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, p.14:
- (intransitive) To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
- (transitive) To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
- (intransitive, obsolete) Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts. [11th-17thc.]
- (intransitive, obsolete) To slacken; to become relaxed or loose. [11th-16thc.]
- 1595, John Davies, Orchestra
- When the body's strongest sinews slake.
- 1595, John Davies, Orchestra
- (intransitive, obsolete) To become less intense; to weaken, decrease in force. [14th-19thc.]
- (intransitive, obsolete) To go out; to become extinct.
- 1613, William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals
- His flame did slake.
- 1613, William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals
Derived terms
- slaked
- slake trough
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably connected with Icelandic sleikja, "to lick", and German schlecken (“to lick”).
Verb
slake (third-person singular simple present slakes, present participle slaking, simple past and past participle slaked)
- (transitive, Scotland) To besmear.
Noun
slake (plural slakes)
- (Scotland) A sloppy mess.
Anagrams
- Akels, LASEK, Lakes, Leaks, kales, lakes, leaks
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
slake
- definite singular/plural of slak
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
slake
- definite singular/plural of slak
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