pacify
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- 16
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/ˈpæsɪfaɪ/
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/ˈpæsɪfaɪ/ (US) · /ˈpæsəfaɪ/ (US)
Definition of pacify
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing) war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
“Near-synonyms: peacify, repacify, allay, locarnize”
“Their orders were to pacify the province by destroying resistance.”
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verb
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(transitive)To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing) war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
“Near-synonyms: peacify, repacify, allay, locarnize”
“Their orders were to pacify the province by destroying resistance.”
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(transitive)To appease (someone).
“Watt decided in the end that an examination of Erskine's room was essential, if his mind was to be pacified, in this connexion.”
“Screaming feed me here Fill me up again Temporarily pacifying”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle French pacifier, from Latin pāx (“peace”) + faciō (“to do, make”). Cognate with pay and peacify.
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