Definitions for appease

appease ap·pease

Spelling: [uh-peez]
IPA: /əˈpiz/

Appease is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 77 anagrams from letters in appease (aaeepps).

Definitions for appease

verb (used with object)

  1. to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe:
  2. to satisfy, allay, or relieve; assuage:
  3. to yield or concede to the belligerent demands of (a nation, group, person, etc.) in a conciliatory effort, sometimes at the expense of justice or other principles.

Origin of appease

1300-50; Middle English apesen Anglo-French apeser, Old French apais(i)er, equivalent to a- a-5 + paisi- peace + -er infinitive suff

Examples for appease

This incautious speech by no means tended to appease the ferocity of the crowd.

Or maybe Alibaba is doing what other companies are doing in China: gagging itself and its customers to appease the apparatchiks.

Teasers to Reverse Flash and Crisis on Infinite Earths will appease geeky fanboys.

Plus, on cable you no longer have to whitewash the story and appease the masses, so the narratives are getting more interesting.

They were drafting to build teams, not to appease fan bases or score easy ticket sales.

The more we appease, the more we indulge, the more emboldened the enemies of freedom become.

The King heard him in silence: he knew well how to appease him.

Hercules and Mars they appease with beasts usually allowed for sacrifice.

Hunger he had known; and when he could not appease his hunger he had felt restriction.

I cannot, even to appease your anger, deny this morning what I said last night.

Word Value for appease
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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