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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pacify \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.
  
     Syn: lenify, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle,
          gruntle.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
                To pacify and settle those countries. --Bacon.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pacify \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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  pacify
       v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
            "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: lenify,
             conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate,
             gentle, gruntle]
       2: fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location);
          "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"
       [also: pacified]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pacify
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by
  ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
     2 (lb en transitive) To appease (someone).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  pacify
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by
  ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
     2 (lb en transitive) To appease (someone).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  pacify
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by
  ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
     2 (lb en transitive) To appease (someone).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  pacify
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by
  ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
     2 (lb en transitive) To appease (someone).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pacify
     Englanti vb.
     rauhoitella, rauhoittaa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pacify
     Engelska vb.
     pacificera, skapa fred

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Pacify /pˈasɪfˌaɪ/
  إهدأ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  pacify //ˈpæsəfaɪ// //ˈpæsɪfaɪ// 
  1. укротявам, успокоявам
  appease
  2. умиротворявам
  bring peace, ending fighting

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  pacify /pˈasɪfˌaɪ/ 
  uklidnit