Appease

Ap·pease

Appease

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Appealed; p. pr. & vb. n. Appeasing

  1. To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.