Definitions for placates

placates pla·cate

Spelling: [pley-keyt, plak-eyt]
IPA: /ˈpleɪ keɪt, ˈplæk eɪt/

Placates is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 396 anagrams from letters in placates (aacelpst).

Definitions for placates

noun

  1. a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used especially as a reinforcement over a breastplate.
  2. a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used especially as a reinforcement over a breastplate.

verb (used with object)

  1. to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures:
  2. to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures:

Origin of placates

1670-80; Latin plācātus past participle of plācāre to quiet, calm, appease, akin to placēre to please; see -ate<

Examples for placates

The police inside, clearly alarmed, did nothing while their senior officer leaned out of the window and tried to placate the mob.

Given the somewhat macabre origins of the feast, many of the celebrations were designed to placate the gods.

In her efforts to placate him she had touched upon his sorest spot.

Well would the King, to save his soul, placate and cosset his wife.

He, too, refused to work with the Kudo-kai or placate them and he, too, was shot to death just last December.

He began by what he called a course of conciliation—to placate the devil, as it were.

So, to placate his parents, he decides to marry Wei-Wei (May Chin), a penniless Chinese opera singer in his building.

Will putting Castro in the Cabinet be enough to placate those Latinos disillusioned with Obama?

The offer of a peerage to Conroy showed that there was good reason to placate him.

They were compromised with Stone and they could not placate Bobby.

The offer of a peerage to Conroy showed that there was good reason to placate him.

He began by what he called a course of conciliation—to placate the devil, as it were.

He, too, refused to work with the Kudo-kai or placate them and he, too, was shot to death just last December.

Given the somewhat macabre origins of the feast, many of the celebrations were designed to placate the gods.

They were compromised with Stone and they could not placate Bobby.

The police inside, clearly alarmed, did nothing while their senior officer leaned out of the window and tried to placate the mob.

So, to placate his parents, he decides to marry Wei-Wei (May Chin), a penniless Chinese opera singer in his building.

Well would the King, to save his soul, placate and cosset his wife.

In her efforts to placate him she had touched upon his sorest spot.

Will putting Castro in the Cabinet be enough to placate those Latinos disillusioned with Obama?

Word Value for placates
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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