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pacify
/ˈpæsɪfaɪ/
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What does pacify mean?
verb
- To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing) war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
- (figuratively) To mollify, placate or soothe (someone or something).
- (figuratively) To appease (someone).
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King William, fearing he might lose his conquest, came back, and tried to pacify the London people by soft words.
They not only expect to pacify Christ by the strictness of their life, but also expect to be rewarded by Him for their good deeds.
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But she could not pacify herself with these reflections; a feeling akin to remorse troubled her when she thought of her visit.
Arabella, like some other nurses, thought that your duty towards your invalid was to pacify him by any means short of really acting upon his fancies.
And when the rest of Alexander's friends left Babylon, he stayed behind, and did much to pacify the foot-soldiers, and to dispose them towards an accommodation.