Past tense of appease
regular verb
The past tense of appease is appeased. The past participle is also appeased.
Forms of appease
| Base form (V1) | appease /əˈpiːz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | appeased |
| Past participle (V3) | appeased |
| Present participle | appeasing |
| Third person singular | appeases |
Appeased in a sentence
- They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.
- "I believe we can safely pronounce the gods appeased." "So case closed?" Baird asked.2020, Greg Cox, The Librarians Trilogy: The Librarians and the Lost Lamp, The Librarians and the Mother Goose Chase, The Librarians and…. From the entry release the kraken
- He has also suggested in a newspaper interview that China could be appeased if it were given partial control of Taiwan.2022 October 26, Cade Metz, Adam Satariano, Chang Che, “How Elon Musk Became a Geopolitical Chaos Agent”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry retract
- By that sect the devils were thought cruel, revengeful, capricious, and only able to be appeased by blood sacrifices and devil-dancing.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 33. From the entry devil dancing
- Acoria consists in the absence of normal sense of satiety after eating, so that the patient never knows when hunger is appeased.1913, George Roe Lockwood, Diseases of the Stomach: Including Dietetic and Medicinal Treatment, page 544. From the entry acoria
Meaning of appease
- verb To make quiet; to calm; to reduce (something) to a state of peace; to dispel (anger, hatred, etc.).
- verb To make conciliatory offerings or concessions to (someone) in an attempt to dispel their anger, aggression, etc.; to adapt to the demands of; to come to terms with.
Questions about the past tense of appease
- What is the past tense of appease?
- The past tense of appease is appeased.
- What is the past participle of appease?
- The past participle of appease is appeased.
- Is appease a regular or irregular verb?
- Appease is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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