单词 | pacify |
释义 | pacify —pacifiable, adj. —pacifyingly, adv. /pas"euh fuy'/, v.t., pacified, pacifying. 1. to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man. 2. to appease: to pacify one's appetite. 3. to reduce to a state of submission, esp. by military force; subdue. [1425-75; late ME < L pacificare to make peace. See PACIFIC, -FY] Syn. 2. soothe, mollify, assuage. Ant. 2. anger, enrage. |
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