Appease

APPE'ASE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin pax. See [[Peace]].]

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; as, to appease the tumult of the ocean or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.

[This word is of a general application to every thing in a disturbed, ruffled or agitated state.]