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Pacify

//ˈpæsɪfaɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing) war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation. transitive

    "Near-synonyms: peacify, repacify, allay, locarnize"

  2. 2
    fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location) wordnet
  3. 3
    To appease (someone). transitive

    "Watt decided in the end that an examination of Erskine's room was essential, if his mind was to be pacified, in this connexion."

  4. 4
    cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of wordnet

Etymology

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

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