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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarypa·cif·ic \pə-ˈsi-fik\ adjective ETYMOLOGY Middle English pacifique, from Latin pacificus,from pac-, pax peace + -i- + -ficus -fic — more at pact DATE circa 15481. a. tending to lessen conflict : conciliatory b. rejecting the use of force as an instrument of policy2. a. having a soothing appearance or effect mild pacific breezes b. mild of temper : peaceable3. capitalized : of, relating to, bordering on, or situated near the Pacific Ocean• pa·cif·i·cal·ly \-fi-k(ə-)lē\ adverbEnglish Etymologypacific 1540s, "tending to make peace," from M.Frhttp://M.Fr. pacifique, from L.pacificus "peaceful, peace-making," from pax (gen. pacis) "peace" + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "peaceful, calm" is first recorded 1630s. Related: Pacifically.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7pacificpa·cif·ic / pE5sifik / adjective[usually before noun] (literary) peaceful or loving peace 平静的；和平的；爱和平的Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedpa·cif·ic\pəˈsifik, -fēk\ adjectiveEtymology: Middle French pacifique, from Latin pacificus, from pac-, pax peace + -i- + -ficus -fic — more at peace1. a. : tending to lessen conflict and promote compromise :conciliatory < the effect of his pacific policy was that, in his time, no regular troops were needed — T.B.Macaulay > b. : rejecting the use of force as an instrument of policy : peaceful < make recommendations to the parties with a view to a pacificsettlement of the dispute — U.N. Charter >2. a. : having a soothing appearance or effect : calm, tranquil < cloud packs pass over it in soft, cumulus, pacific towers — Hugh MacLennan > b. : characterized by mildness of temper or disposition :disinclined to quarrel : peaceable < a naturally pacific, sociable man — Glenway Wescott > < the polite and pacific … cultures of India and China — Lewis Mumford >3. usually capitalized [from Pacific ocean] : of or relating to the Pacific ocean < Pacific barracuda > < ferrying … troops to Pacific battlefronts — Howell Walker >specifically : polynesian 3 < the Pacific islands, east of Australia — L.F. de Beaufort >Synonyms: peaceable, peaceful, pacifist, pacifistic, irenic: pacific is often used in reference to an individual or group enjoying peace and harboring no desire to arouse contention, strife, or war, more often to those exerting effort and influence to abate strife and attain to peace or to a state of tranquillity < the pacific temper, which seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force — Bertrand Russell > < adoption of the resolutions came at a pacific final session of the convention after three days of fierce dissension — New York Times> peaceable stresses enjoyment of peace as a way of life < the primitive state of man, peaceable, contented, and sociable — William Bartram > and may be used as the antonym of forceful or warlike < they told us … that if peaceable means failed, they would seize little Jule — Herman Melville > peaceful suggests absence of strife or contention as well as of disturbing influences < peaceful sisterhood, receive, and yield me sanctuary — Alfred Tennyson > pacifist and pacifistic concern peace only as contrasted with war; they refer to efforts to prevent or stop wars and to settle the issues involved by conference and compromise < pacifist means have been variously termed “nonviolent coercion”, “war without violence”, “passive resistance” — M.Q.Sibley > irenic concerns peace originally in connection with religious controversy and may refer to attitudes or measures likely to allay dispute < lived to see his synod adopt a very irenic attitude towards its former antagonists — J.M.Rohne >

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