Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of.

synoniemen: assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate.

Roget 174: be moderate etc. adj.; keep within bounds, keep within compass; sober down, settle down; keep the peace, remit, relent, take in sail.    moderate, soften, mitigate, temper, accoy^†; attemper^†, contemper^†; mollify, lenify^†, dulcify^†, dull, take off the edge, blunt, obtund^†, sheathe, subdue, chasten; sober down, tone down, smooth down; weaken etc. 160; lessen etc. (decrease) 36; check palliate.    tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off; slake; curb etc. (restrain) 751; tame etc. (subjugate) 749; smooth over; pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters; pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin [Fr.].    go out like a lamb, roar you as gently as any sucking dove" [Midsummer-Night's Dream]. ... meer laten zien

Roget 826: be composed etc. adj.. laisser faire [Fr.], laisser aller [Fr.]; take things easily, take things as they come; take it easy, rub on, live and let live; take easily, take cooly^†, take in good part; aequam servare mentem [Lat.].    bear the brunt, bear well; go through, support, endure, brave, disregard.    tolerate, suffer, stand, bide; abide, aby^†; bear with, put up with, take up with, abide with; acquiesce; submit etc. (yield) 725; submit with a good grace; resign oneself to, reconcile oneself to; brook, digest, eat, swallow, pocket, stomach.    make light of, make the best of, make 'a virtue of necessity'" [Chaucer]; put a good face on, keep one's countenance; check etc. 751; check oneself.    compose, appease etc. (moderate); 174; propitiate; repress etc. (restrain) 751; render insensible etc. 823; overcome one's excitability, allay one's excitability, repress one's excitability etc. 825; master one's feelings.    make oneself easy; make one's mind easy; set one's mind at ease, set one's mind at rest.    calm down, cool down; gentle; thaw, grow cool.    be borne, be endured; go down.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: kalmeren, verzoenen, tevreden stellen, matigen, bedaren, vertederen, sussen

Overcome or allay.

synoniemen: quell, stay.

Make peace with.

synoniem: propitiate.

Nederlands: kalmeren, bevredigen, sussen, verzoenen