Usage 1: The verb may be used simply to imply "pacify," but it usually carries the political overtones of buying off a powerful adversary: "The Bush organization appeased far right with his choice of Cheney as a running mate."
Suggested usage: Like all yourDictionary Words of the Day, this one begs for wider metaphoric application: "The hotdog wasn't enough to appease my hunger pangs," or "If washing the car doesn't appease the rain gods, I'll water the lawn to bring some rain."
Etymology: Middle English appesen, from Middle French apaisier, from a- (Latin ad- intensifier prefix) + pax, "peace." The ultimate PIE root *pag- turns up in Latinate "pagan," "page," "peasant," "pact" and Germanic terms like "fang," "new-fangled," from Old Gemanic fangan "to catch or capture." (See "Words: Where do they Come From" in the yorDictionary library for "PIE.")
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