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# appease

verb (appease, appeases, appeased, appeasing)

«appease» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To appease someone is to calm them or stop them being angry by giving them what they want. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appease/#m1)
2. (history) To appease an aggressive country is to give in to its demands to avoid war. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appease/#m2)
3. To appease hunger or thirst is to satisfy it (formal). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appease/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in history (appeasement of Hitler before the Second World War, the Munich Agreement 1938), stories and everyday life (appeasing a crying toddler). It often suggests giving in too easily.

### Examples

- Mum gave the toddler a biscuit to appease him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appease/#x1)
- The king tried to appease the angry crowd with gifts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appease/#x2)
- Britain and France tried to appease Hitler in 1938. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appease/#x3)
- Giving in to a bully rarely appeases them for long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appease/#x4)
- The dragon could not be appeased with gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appease/#x5)
- A sandwich appeased his hunger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appease/#x6)
- His hunger finally appeased, he raised his head to thank his kind benefactress. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appease/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb. Noun: «appeasement». Often has a negative feel: it can mean giving in to bad behaviour.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means to calm someone's anger with a gift; the old text uses it for Jacob soothing Esau.

**Interpretation.** Jacob's gift to Esau is read by the tradition as both a wise attempt at peace and a lesson in preparing for a hard meeting through gifts, prayer and readiness.

### Examples

- and ye shall say: Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us.' For he said: 'I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.' (Torah GEN.32.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appease/#x1)
- His children shall appease the poor, and his hands shall restore his wealth. (Writings JOB.20.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appease/#x2)

### Note

Regular verb. Noun: «appeasement». Often has a negative feel: it can mean giving in to bad behaviour.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «appease» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appease/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«appease» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/appease.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «appease» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appease/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«appease» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/appease.html) on Mova free.