pacify
verb/ˈpæsɪfaɪ/
/ˈpæsɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pacify | /ˈpæsɪfaɪ/ /ˈpæsɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it pacifies | /ˈpæsɪfaɪz/ /ˈpæsɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple pacified | /ˈpæsɪfaɪd/ /ˈpæsɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle pacified | /ˈpæsɪfaɪd/ /ˈpæsɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form pacifying | /ˈpæsɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈpæsɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- pacify somebody to make somebody who is angry or upset become calm and quiet synonym placate
- The baby could not be pacified.
- The speech was designed to pacify the irate crowd.
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- pacify something to bring peace to an area where there is fighting or a war
- a turbulent period before the country was pacified
Word Originlate 15th cent. (earlier (late Middle English) as pacification): from Old French pacefier, from Latin pacificare, based on pax, pac- ‘peace’.
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