pacify
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle French pacifier, from Latin pāx + faciō.
Pronunciation- (America) IPA: /ˈpæsɪfaɪ/, /ˈpæsəfaɪ/
pacify (pacifies, present participle pacifying; simple past and past participle pacified)
- (transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
- (transitive) To appease (someone).
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC ↗:
- Watt decided in the end that an examination of Erskine's room was essential, if his mind was to be pacified, in this connexion.
- French: pacifier
- German: befrieden
- Italian: pacificare
- Portuguese: pacificar
- Spanish: pacificar, apaciguar
- German: friedlich stimmen
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