PLACATE Meaning of PLACATE in English v. 25B6; verb PACIFY, calm, appease, mollify, soothe, win over, conciliate, propitiate, make peace with, humour; Austral./NZ square someone off. provoke. Concise Oxford thesaurus English vocabulary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка тезаурус. 2012