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appease

Appease means to pacify or quiet someone by giving them what they want. (verb)

An example is that a mother might give her child a lollipop to appease him after listening to him beg for hours.

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See appease in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See appease in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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