appease
/əˈpiːz/ verbe C1En français : apaiser
- To make quiet; to calm; to reduce (something) to a state of peace; to dispel (anger, hatred, etc.). · to appease the tumult of the ocean
- To make conciliatory offerings or concessions to (someone) in an attempt to dispel their anger, aggression, etc.; to adapt to the demands of; to come to terms with.
He/she/it appeases · Prétérit appeased · Participe passé appeased · Forme en -ing appeasing
Formes du verbe
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- He/she/it
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- Prétérit
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- Participe passé
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- Forme en -ing
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Dans la bibliothèque
She learned her lessons at home, did her chores, and played with Diana in the chilly purple autumn twilights; but when she met Gilbert Blythe on the road or encountered him in Sunday-school she passed him by with an icy contempt that was no whit thawed by his evident desire to appease her.
Upon issuing forth from his subterranean retreat at the expiration of five minutes, he found the abbé seated upon a wooden stool, leaning his elbow on a table, while Margotin, whose animosity seemed appeased by the unusual command of the traveller for refreshments, had crept up to him, and had established himself very comfortably between his knees, his long, skinny neck resting on his lap, while his dim eye was fixed earnestly on the traveller’s face.
Nothing could console and nothing appease her.
Have you still that devouring thirst which can only be appeased in the grave?
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