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ceansaigh — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • appease verb To calm someone down or make them less angry, especially by giving them what they want.
  • control verb To direct or influence the behavior of someone or something.
  • pacify verb To calm down a person, place, or situation, ending anger, unrest, or conflict.
  • subdue verb To bring a person, animal, or feeling under control, often by force or effort.
  • tame adj Not wild; brought under human control, especially of an animal.

Senses

ceansaigh is used for these senses in English:

  • appease To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
  • control (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
  • pacify (transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
  • subdue (transitive) To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
  • tame (transitive) To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.

control — full definition

  1. verb To direct or influence the behavior of someone or something.
  2. noun Power or authority to direct or manage something.
  3. noun A device such as a button, lever, or switch used to operate a machine.
  4. noun A group or sample used as a baseline for comparison in an experiment.

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