To pacify (placate) someone/ to satisfy
Appease him. Calm him down and relieve his anxiety (appease means bring reconciliation, bring peace).
("And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. Jacob gave Esau a portion of honor, in order to establish his religion" - Shekel Tov (Buber) at the beginning of a chapter for it, and so: "And the grave is made like a shadow, in which we do not believe the word, and it is not in his mouth, but in order to be saved from the king, in order to establish his religion above his religion" - Harambam/ The Epistle of the Destruction, Targum Kadum, 404, and so on: "And as if she had spoken these words, and I would have told her parables, to appease her, and to make her understand" - Shalom Aleichem/ Seventy-five Thousand, 10, and so on: "He who goes and laughs at the house of the people, to make his understanding disappear, will be cut off in the company of the sons of Adam" - Agnon/ Tamol Shilshom, 249)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֵפִיס אֶת דַּעְתּוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
פַּיֵּס אוֹתוֹ. הִרְגִּיעַ אוֹתוֹ וְהֵפִיג אֶת דַּאֲגָתוֹ (הַפַּיִס מַשְׁמָע הֵבִיא פִּיּוּס, הִשְׁכִּין שָׁלוֹם).
("וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֹתוֹ עֵשָׂו וְיַעֲקֹב בָּנָיו. חָלַק כָּבוֹד יַעֲקֹב לְעֵשָׂו כְּדֵי לְהָפִיס דַּעְתּוֹ"- שֶׁכָּל טוֹב (בּוּבֶּר) בְּרֵאשִׁית פֶּרֶק לָהּ, וְכֵן:"וּכְבָר נִתְאַמֵּת אֶצְלָם שֶׁאֵין אָנוּ מַאֲמִינִים בְּאוֹתוֹ הַדִּבּוּר, וְאֵינוֹ בְּפִי אוֹמְרוֹ אֶלָּא כְּדֵי לְהִנָּצֵל מֵהַמֶּלֶךְ, כְּדֵי לְהָפִיס דַּעְתּוֹ בְּעִלּוּי דָּתוֹ"- הָרַמְבָּ"ם/ אִגֶּרֶת הַשְּׁמָד, תַּרְגּוּם קָדוּם, 404, וְכֵן:"וְכַיּוֹצֵא בִּדְבָרִים אֵלּוּ הִשְׁמַעְתִּיהָ, וּמָשַׁלְתִּי לָהּ מְשָׁלִים, לְפַיְּסָהּ וּלְהַנִּיחַ אֶת דַּעְתָּהּ"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ חֲמִשָּׁה וְשִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף, י, וְכֵן:"הוֹלֵךְ יִצְחָק לְבֵית הָעָם לְהָפִיס דַּעְתּוֹ קְצָת בְּחֶבְרַת בְּנֵי אָדָם"- עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 249)