pacify : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pacify	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pacify
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pacify v cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" Synonym(s): pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location); "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pacify \Pac"ify\, 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. [bd]Pray ye, pacify yourself.[b8] --Shak. To pacify and settle those countries. --Bacon.