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Mikael Eriksson Inner circle None of your business 1064 Posts 
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What does "placater" mean?
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mvmagic Inner circle Has written 1322 Posts
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I think it'd mean "calmer", as placate means to calm.
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Mikael Eriksson Inner circle None of your business 1064 Posts
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Great! Thanks!
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Mr. Mystoffelees Inner circle I haven't changed anyone's opinion in 3623 Posts
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Correct, to a point. Placate really goes a bit deeper, as it means to "calm" by appeasing someone, sort of "giving in", or agreeing to something you might not ordinarily agree to, as a way of calming them...
Also known, when doing rope magic, as "Cordini"
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts
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I don't agree. To placate is to pacify or to calm; in this I completely agree with mandarin. I disagree with the suggestion that "placater" is a progressive, meaning "more calm". Rather, "placater"--which is a very uncommon form by the way--is a noun: it refers to someone or something that placates.
e.g. Ice cream was the placater for my child. John
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Ray Tupper. Special user NG16. 749 Posts
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Mmmm.
I thought it was the organ that fed nutrients to,and removed waste from a foetus. Oh well,you live and learn. Ray.
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rossmacrae Inner circle Arlington, Virginia 2477 Posts
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I'd say a synonym would be "appeaser."
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mvmagic Inner circle Has written 1322 Posts
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Valid points here. I did't mean "calmer" as in someone being more calm, but as in singer,
doer, teller etc.
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Bill Hallahan Inner circle New Hampshire 3226 Posts
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A placater placates, of course.
The Merriam Webster Dictionary, the official dictionary in the United States, has the following definition for placate. Quote:
: to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease So, placate will often implies concessions, but it need not do so. The Merriam Webster Dictionary lists pacify as a synonym.
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