placet

English

Etymology

Latin it is pleasing, inflection of placeō (“I am pleasing”).

Noun

placet (plural placets)

  1. A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
  2. The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.
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    • J. P. Peters
      The king […] annulled the royal placet.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for placet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Interjection

placet

  1. Expression of assent to a vote in the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin placet.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pla.sɛ/

Noun

placet m (plural placets)

  1. (historical) petition, appeal

Further reading

Italian

Noun

placet m (invariable)

  1. consent, approval

Synonyms

Latin

Verb

placet

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of placeō: "he/she/it pleases"
    Videamus, si placet.
    Let us see, if he/she/it pleases.
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