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单词 pacificable
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pacificableadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pācificāre , -ble suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin pācificāre pacify v. + -ble suffix.
Obsolete. rare.
= pacifiable adj.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] > made calm > capable of being
pacificable1539
pacifiable1606
1539 T. Cromwell Let. 1 Mar. in State Papers Henry VIII (P.R.O.: SP 1/143) f. 239 He may be assured that, like as thay be good brethern and freendes so his subiectes shal be honestly entreated thereafter wt such good wordes and pacificable as ye can vse in that bihalf being not overhasty to declare any such thing afor ye be asked for it or the mater bruted of.
1617 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth (rev. ed.) in Recoll. Treat. 89 The conscience is not pacificable [earlier edd. pacifiable], while sinne is within to vex it.
1845 E. Baker Outline Gram. Madagascar Lang. (1864) 45 We suffer no remorse: when angry, we are pacificable.
1886 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Bp. Hall) Pacificable, capable of being pacified; placable. (Rare.)]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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