pacify

Definition

To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing) war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.

Etymology

From Middle French pacifier, from Latin pāx (“peace”) + faciō (“I do, make”). Cognate with pay and peacify.

Example Sentences

• "Near-synonyms: peacify, repacify, allay, locarnize"
• "Their orders were to pacify the province by destroying resistance."
• "Watt decided in the end that an examination of Erskine's room was essential, if his mind was to be pacified, in this connexion."

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