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placenter [CL placens+-ter] 1 so as to please, pleasantly, gladly. c1340 id quod uni prosit ac cedat ad honorem, studet alter pro viribus votiva promptitudine ~er adimplere FormOx 283; s1422 lex justa censetur et racionabilis, cum taxam a superiore impositam ~er admittunt subditi Amund. I 85. 2 so as to show favour, favourably, indulgently, kindly. 1300 nolentes ‥ contra vos inordinatis quorundam affectibus et blandis induccionibus prima facie ~ius acceptare quod tanquam asperum, nocivum, et detestabile posset ex majori noticia injurium imposterum displicere Reg. Cant. I 372; a1440 etsi ‥ non mane set vespere jam librum deferens ad vos accedit noster nuncius, librum ‥ et nuncium velitis ‥ ~er admittere Reg. Whet. II 447. 3 so as to appease or placate, appeasingly. si reus in facto eis ~er voluerit emere culpam suam, evadet testificatus ab eis immunis et mundus Wycl. Sim. 99.

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