(~s, placating, ~d)
If you ~ someone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry. (FORMAL)
He smiled, trying to ~ me...
‘I didn’t mean to upset you,’ Agnew said in a placating voice.
= appease
VERB: V n, V-ing
(~s, placating, ~d)
If you ~ someone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry. (FORMAL)
He smiled, trying to ~ me...
‘I didn’t mean to upset you,’ Agnew said in a placating voice.
= appease
VERB: V n, V-ing
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012