different between reunite vs placate

English

Etymology

re- +? unite

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?ju??na?t/, /??i?j??na?t/

Verb

reunite (third-person singular simple present reunites, present participle reuniting, simple past and past participle reunited)

1. (transitive, intransitive, reciprocal) To unite again.

   After ten years apart, the band will reunite.

   Two of the members tried several times, but failed to reunite the band.

Related terms

• reunion
• unite

Translations

Anagrams

• neurite, retinue, unitree, uterine

Latin

Verb

re?n?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of re?ni?

English

Etymology

From Latin pl?c?tus, past participle of pl?c? (“appease, placate”, literally “smooth, smoothen”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl?k- (“smooth, flat”), from *pele- (“broad, flat, plain”). Related to Latin place? (“appease”), Old English fl?h (“flat stone, chip”). More at please.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pl??ke?t/, /ple??ke?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ple?ke?t/, /ple??ke?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

placate (third-person singular simple present placates, present participle placating, simple past and past participle placated)

1. (transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.

Synonyms

• (to calm): appease, conciliate, mollify, propitiate, satisfy

Antonyms

• (to calm): enrage

Derived terms

Related terms

• placid

Translations

Anagrams

• epactal

Italian

Verb

placate

1. second-person plural present of placare
2. second-person plural imperative of placare
3. feminine plural past participle of placare

Anagrams

• catalpe

Latin

Verb

pl?c?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of pl?c?

References

• placate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• placate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• placate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette