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pacify
[
pas
-
uh
-fahy
]
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Origin
pac·i·fy
/
ˈpæs
əˌfaɪ
/
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[
pas
-
uh
-fahy
]
Show IPA
verb (used with object),
-fied,
-fy·ing.
1.
to bring or restore to a state of
peace
or tranquillity; quiet; calm:
to pacify an angry man.
2.
to appease:
to pacify one's appetite.
3.
to reduce to a state of submission, especially by military
force
; subdue.
Origin:
1425–75;
late Middle English
<
Latin
pācificāre
to make peace.
See
pacific
,
-fy
Related forms
pac·i·fi·a·ble,
adjective
pac·i·fy·ing·ly,
adverb
non·pac·i·fi·a·ble,
adjective
re·pac·i·fy,
verb (used with object),
-fied,
-fy·ing.
un·pac·i·fi·a·ble,
adjective
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un·pac·i·fied,
adjective
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Synonyms
2.
soothe, mollify, assuage.
Antonyms
2.
anger, enrage.
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Example Sentences
For now everybody is trying to
pacify
the storm-gods, not antagonise them.
But we all know this will only
pacify
them for a short while.
Each member of a family tries to
pacify
a screaming baby.
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Verb
For now everybody is trying to
pacify
the storm-gods, not antagonise them.
But we all know this will only
pacify
them for a short while.
Each member of a family tries to
pacify
a screaming baby.
Jaron writes beautiful music to
pacify
his angst.
They are also hoping to organise a jirga, or council of elders, with tribesmen from both sides of the frontier to
pacify
the area.
And while Congress waits, state legislators have taken it upon themselves to
pacify
their frustrated constituents.
To
pacify
that confusion has become the unspoken task of commercial television.
The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and
pacify
them.
Once you only had to satisfy customers and employees—now you have to
pacify
stockholders.
But unless he manages to
pacify
the people of the Delta and so secure its pipelines and refineries, the reforms will be in vain.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
pacify
(ˈpæsɪˌfaɪ)
—
vb
,
-fies
,
-fying
,
-fied
1.
to calm the anger or agitation of; mollify
2.
to restore to peace or order, esp by the threat or use of force
[C15: from Old French
pacifier;
see
pacific
]
'pacifiable
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
pacify
mid-15c., from M.Fr. pacifier, from O.Fr., "make peace," from L. pacificare "to make peace, pacify," from pacificus (see
pacific
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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