Verb (used with object), : to appease an angry king. ,The fruit appeased his hunger. From Dictionary.com.
And if not appeasable, whether its threat can be defeated with acceptable costs. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blankley: Wishful Thinking on Iran] Reference
Presumably, it should be attempting to appease the appeasable Eurosceptic press?. From Wordnik.com. [Even the Guardian has noticed] Reference
So the question today is not whether to appease Iran or not -- but whether Iran is appeasable. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blankley: Wishful Thinking on Iran] Reference
That's an entirely legitimate worry, but it's hard to go very far down the road if those enemies refuse even to make a show of being appeasable. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Flambé] Reference
• Within 5 days after receiving a petition, the board would be required to make a non-appeasable administrative decision. From Wordnik.com. [California Progress Report] Reference
Even to the most appeasable eye it is transparent that McClellan included this assertion to sell books, most likely at the prodding of his publisher. From Wordnik.com. [The Reality Check] Reference
Building on the false Fatah model of appeasable terrorists, Brennan indicated that the Obama administration believes that to becoming a respectable political actor. From Wordnik.com. [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference
She explained moreover that wherever she happened to be she found a dropped thread to pick up, a ragged edge to repair, some familiar appetite in ambush, jumping out as she approached, yet appeasable with a temporary biscuit. From Wordnik.com. [The Ambassadors] Reference
Them he branded, as hypocritical materialists, and the country for pride in her sweetmeat plethora of them: -- mixed with an ancient Hebrew fear of offence to an inscrutable Lord, eccentrically appeasable through the dreary iteration of the litany of sinfulness. From Wordnik.com. [One of Our Conquerors — Complete] Reference
You see, the body's hungers are the most appeasable -- and being the most appeasable one can't see why they shouldn't be yielded to. ". From Wordnik.com. [Captivity] Reference
Love is as implacable as it is un-appeasable. From Wordnik.com. [Hints for Lovers] Reference
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