κατευνάζω — meaning in English

English meaning

• allay verb To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
• mollify verb To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
• pacify verb To calm down a person, place, or situation, ending anger, unrest, or conflict.
• placate verb To calm someone down and ease their anger.
• propitiate verb To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit.

Senses

κατευνάζω is used for these senses in English:

• allay (transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
• allay (transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
• mollify To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
• pacify (transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
• placate (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.
• propitiate (transitive) To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit.

allay — full definition

1. verb To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
2. verb To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
3. verb To subside, abate, become peaceful.
4. verb To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.

mollify — full definition

1. verb To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
2. verb To appease anger, pacify, gain the good will of.
3. verb To soften; to make tender.

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