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appease

/əˈpiz/uh-PEEZ
/əˈpiz/uh-PEEZ

Meaningto bring to peace

Common meaning: to calm by giving in to demands

‘to, towards (form of ad-)’ + ‘peace’ → appease

Journey through time

  1. Latinpāx, pācis‘peace’
  2. Frenchapaisier
  3. Englishappease‘to calm by giving in to demands’ · today

ap- also in: appalapplyapplaudapproveapparent

peas also in: pacifypacific

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin pāx ‘peace’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pāx, p. 1320 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

pacificpacify

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