[əˈpiːz], (Verb)

Definitions:
- pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands
(e.g: amendments have been added to appease local pressure groups)

- assuage or satisfy (a demand or a feeling)
(e.g: we give to charity because it appeases our guilt)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French apaisier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + pais ‘peace’