To bring to peace, pacify, quiet, or settle (strife or disorder).

transitive. To bring (a country or community) to a state of peace; to pacify; to subdue.

To reduce to a quiet or gentle condition; to appease, pacify.

transitive. To calm or quell (disorder or conflict); to put down or suppress (an uprising, rebellion, etc.).

To appease, allay (strife, tumult); †to reduce to order, bring under control (rebellious elements); †to compose (a disturbed district). †Also refl…

transitive. To intercede between or reconcile (disputants or combatants); to settle, resolve (a dispute or contest). Also with forth. Obsolete.

To subdue, allay (sedition, tumult).