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Definition of Placative
1. Adjective. Intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions. "An astonishingly placatory speech"
Similar to: Conciliative, Conciliatory
Derivative terms: Placate, Placate
Definition of Placative
1. Adjective. (chiefly US) That placates; pacifying. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Placative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Placative
Literary usage of Placative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Confederate War: Its Causes and Its Conduct; a Narrative by George Cary Eggleston (1910)
"Mr. Lincoln's placative words did not placate for the reason that they completely
ignored the Southern contention. They became instead, directly offensive ..."
2. Introduction to the History of Religions by Crawford Howell Toy (1913)
"... was probably a long- continued one.7 1 Any taboo day might be the occasion of
placative ceremonies; but this is not a distinctive feature of the day. ..."
3. Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family, Especially by Booth Tarkington (1916)
"She offered a murmur of placative laughter as her apology, and said: "Well, I
just thought ..."
4. The Bookworm: An Illustrated Treasury of Old-time Literature (1893)
"... which has an instinct that some jaunt is contemplated, and dances into your
lap, with appealing eyes and placative nestling nose, eager for the road. ..."
5. Festival Plays: One-act Pieces for New Year's Day , St. Valentine's Day by Marguerite Merington (1913)
"[Changing to a placative tone.] One! THE YOUNG SLAVE. Quarry it yourself, then!
. . . Here! [Offers the OVERSEER his pick.] THE OVERSEER. ..."
6. The First of the Hoosiers: Reminscences of Edward Eggleston ; and of that by George Cary Eggleston (1903)
"Just why a bushel of apples should have been so placative in a country in which
everybody had unlimited apples at home, it is difficult to conjecture. ..."
7. The History of the Confederate War: Its Causes and Its Conduct; a Narrative by George Cary Eggleston (1910)
"Mr. Lincoln's placative words did not placate for the reason that they completely
ignored the Southern contention. They became instead, directly offensive ..."
8. Introduction to the History of Religions by Crawford Howell Toy (1913)
"... was probably a long- continued one.7 1 Any taboo day might be the occasion of
placative ceremonies; but this is not a distinctive feature of the day. ..."
9. Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family, Especially by Booth Tarkington (1916)
"She offered a murmur of placative laughter as her apology, and said: "Well, I
just thought ..."
10. The Bookworm: An Illustrated Treasury of Old-time Literature (1893)
"... which has an instinct that some jaunt is contemplated, and dances into your
lap, with appealing eyes and placative nestling nose, eager for the road. ..."
11. Festival Plays: One-act Pieces for New Year's Day , St. Valentine's Day by Marguerite Merington (1913)
"[Changing to a placative tone.] One! THE YOUNG SLAVE. Quarry it yourself, then!
. . . Here! [Offers the OVERSEER his pick.] THE OVERSEER. ..."
12. The First of the Hoosiers: Reminscences of Edward Eggleston ; and of that by George Cary Eggleston (1903)
"Just why a bushel of apples should have been so placative in a country in which
everybody had unlimited apples at home, it is difficult to conjecture. ..."
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