əpēz transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English appesen, apesen, from Old French apaisier, from a- (from Latin ad- ) + -paisier (from pais peace) — more at peace
1. : to bring to a state of peace or quiet : calm , settle
instead of appeasing the quarrel the government's action intensified it — J.H.Plumb
2. : to cause to subside : allay , assuage
the man had appeased his great hunger — Elizabeth M. Roberts
the same kind of supposition which had appeased Mrs. Bennet's curiosity — Jane Austen
3.
a. : to bring to a state of ease or content : conciliate , satisfy
when he has once tasted the blood of popular applause, he is a tiger, nevermore to be appeased — C.H.Grandgent
b. : to conciliate or buy off (a potential aggressor) by political or economic concessions usually at the sacrifice of principles
the attempt to appease the Nazis at Munich
Synonyms: see pacify