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“pacify” – English explanatory dictionary

Sir Henry had to assure him that it was not so and pacify him by
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verb to make someone calm. Synonym calm. Antonym antagonise
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pac´i•fy
v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pacified p. pr. & vb. n. Pacifying ] [F. pacifier, L. pacificare; pax, pacis, peace + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Peace, and -fy.] To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity. ´Pray ye, pacify yourself.´ Shak. “To pacify and settle those countries.” Bacon.
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