Plac"ate (?), n. Same as Placard, 4 & 5.
Pla"cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Placated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Placating.] [L. placatus, p. p. of placare to placate, akin to placere
to please. See Please.] To appease; to pacify; to concilate. "Therefore
is he always propitiated and placated." Cudworth.
Pla*ca"tion (?), n. [L. placatio.] The act of placating. [R.] Puttenham
(1589).
Place (?), n. [F., fr. L. platea a street, an area, a courtyard, from
Gr. platei^a a street, properly fem. of platy`s, flat, broad; akin to
Skr. pthu, Lith. platus. Cf. Flawn, Piazza, Plate, Plaza.] 1. Any
portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other
space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position;
ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space.
Here is the place appointed.
Shak.
What place can be for us Within heaven's bound?
Milton.
The word place has sometimes a more confused sense, and stands for
that space which any body takes up; and so the universe is a place.
Locke.
2. A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part
of a street open only at one end. "Hangman boys in the market place."
Shak.
3. A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a
village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a
region or country.
Are you native of this place?
Shak.
4. Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or
importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also,
official station; occupation; calling. "The enervating magic of place."
Hawthorne.
Men in great place are thrice servants.
Bacon.