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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarypac·i·fy \ˈpa-sə-ˌfī\ transitive verb (-fied ; -fy·ing) ETYMOLOGY Middle English pacifien, from Anglo-French pacifier, from Latin pacificare, from pac-, pax peace DATE 15th century1. a. to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe pacify a crying child b. appease, propitiate2. a. to restore to a tranquil state : settle made an attempt to pacify the commotion b. to reduce to a submissive state : subdue forces moved in to pacify the country• pac·i·fi·able \ˌpa-sə-ˈfī-ə-bəl\ adjectiveSynonyms. pacify, appease, placate, mollify, propitiate, conciliate mean to ease the anger or disturbance of. pacify suggests a soothing or calming pacified by a sincere apology appease implies quieting insistent demands by making concessions appease their territorial ambitions placate suggests changing resentment or bitterness to goodwill a move to placate local opposition mollify implies soothing hurt feelings or rising anger a speech that mollified the demonstrators propitiate implies averting anger or malevolence especially of a superior being propitiated his parents by dressing up conciliate suggests ending an estrangement by persuasion, concession, or settling of differences conciliating the belligerent nationsEnglish Etymologypacify mid-15c., from M.Frhttp://M.Fr. pacifier, from O.Frhttp://O.Fr., "make peace," from L.pacificare "to make peace, pacify," from pacificus (see pacific).Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7pacifypacify / 5pAsifai / verb(paci·fies, paci·fy·ing, paci·fied, paci·fied) ▪ [VN] 1. to make sb who is angry or upset become calm and quiet 使平静；平息；抚慰 SYN placate : The baby could not be pacified. 婴儿怎么也不能平静下来。 The speech was designed to pacify the irate crowd. 演讲的目的是安抚愤怒的群众。 2. to bring peace to an area where there is fighting or a war 平息战争；使实现和平• paci·fi·ca·tion / 7pAsifi5keiFn / noun [U]OLTpacify verb⇨ calmWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedpac·i·fy\ˈpasəˌfī\ transitive verb(-ed/-ing/-es)Etymology: Middle English pacifien, from Latin pacificare, from pac-, pax peace + -ificare -ify — more at peace1. a. : to allay anger or agitation : placate, soothe < bought the weeping child a lollipop to pacify her > b. : to make benign or amicable : appease, propitiate < such concessions would pacify the Chinese Communist leaders — W.V.Shannon >2. a. : to restore to a tranquil state : quiet, settle < throws the four of them … into a violent emotional upheaval not to be pacified until one of them dies — Charles Lee > b. : to reduce to a submissive state especially by force of arms :subdue < U.S. Marines … went in as early as 1910 to pacify the country — Time >Synonyms: appease, placate, mollify, propitiate, conciliate: pacify indicates a soothing or calming of anger, grievance, or agitation, or the quelling of insurrection especially by force < seeing his mounting rage, friends did all they could to pacify and restrain him > < second-grade troops, useful mainly to occupy parts of the country that have already been pacified — Brian Crozier > appease may indicate the quieting of agitation or insistent demand by the making of concessions < open in manner, easy of access, a little quick of temper but readily appeased — John Buchan > < he is utterly and absolutely implacable; no prayers, no human sacrifices can ever for one moment appease his cold, malignant rage — L.P.Smith > < a frantic effort to appease mounting discontent at home — Paul Willen > placate is sometimes interchangeable with appease but may imply a more lasting assuagement of bitter feeling < each and every new route projected was liable to drastic alteration to placate local opposition — O.S.Nock > < federal officials who try to placate witch-hunting Congressmen — New Republic > mollify stresses softening or abatement of agitation, through mitigating circumstance < mollified when they heard that the patio, with its famous cottonwood tree, will be left intact — Green Peyton > propitiate may refer to averting the anger or malevolence or winning the favor of a superior or of one possessing the power to injure greatly < propitiate this far-shooting Apollo — George Grote > < Aunty Rosa, he argued, had the power to beat him with many stripes … it would be discreet in the future to propitiate Aunty Rosa — Rudyard Kipling > < the unlimited power of trustees to abuse their trust unless they are abjectly propitiated — H.G.Wells > conciliate may be used of situations in which an estrangement or dispute is settled by arbitration or compromise < policy of conciliating and amalgamating conquered nations — Agnes Repplier > < instinctively friendly and wholly free from inflammatory rhetoric, he did much to conciliate more stubborn Northern sentiment concerning the South — F.P.Gaines >

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