appease

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verb transitive

P. and V. πραΰνειν, P. παραμυθεῖσθαι, V. παρηγορεῖν, θέλγειν (also Plato but rare P.), μαλθάσσειν, Ar. and P. μαλάσσειν; see soothe, propitiate.

charm: P. and V. κηλεῖν.

appease one's hunger: use P. and V. ἐσθίειν.

appease one's thirst: use P. and V. πίνειν; see quench.

hard to appease, adj.: Ar. δυσκάθαρτος; see inexorable.