placate 1
— placater , n. — placation /play kay"sheuhn/ , n.
/play"kayt, plak"ayt/ , v.t., placated, placating .
to appease or pacify, esp. by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
[ 1670-80; placatus ptp. of placare to quiet, calm, appease, akin to placere to PLEASE; see -ATE 1 ]
Syn . conciliate, satisfy.
placate 2
/plak"ayt, -it/ , n. Armor.
a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used esp. as a reinforcement over a breastplate.
Also, placard, placcate, plackart .
[ 1625-35; appar. var. of PLACARD ]