Implacate
/ɪmˈplæk.eɪt/noun
To make someone implacable, angry, or unwilling to be appeased.
Did you know?Implacate is a rare, mostly obsolete counterpart to placate: instead of soothing anger, it means creating an unappeasable state.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*plāk-
“To be calm, agreeable, or pleasing”
Classical Latin
Latin
placēre
“To please or be agreeable”
Classical Latin
Latin
placātus
“Appeased, soothed, or reconciled”
Late Latin
Latin
implacātus
“Not appeased; unrelenting or inexorable”
17th Century
English
implacate
“To make implacable or render angry”
Modern English
English
implacate
“A rare or obsolete verb meaning to make someone unwilling to be appeased”