'Pacify' definitions:
Definition of 'pacify'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle]
verb
Fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location); "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"
Definition of 'Pacify'
From: GCIDE
- Pacify \Pac"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pacified; p. pr. & vb. n. Pacifying.] [F. pacifier, L. pacificare; pax, pacis, peace + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Peace, and -fy.] To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity. "Pray ye, pacify yourself." --Shak.
- Syn: lenify, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
- To pacify and settle those countries. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pacify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allay,
- alleviate,
- appease,
- arrange,
- array,
- assuage,
- calm,
- calm down,
- cease,
- compose,
- conciliate,
- cool,
- cool off,
- cradle,
- defuse,
- deploy,
- die down,
- dispose,
- dulcify,
- dwindle,
- ease,
- ebb,
- even out,
- form,
- gentle,
- grade,
- halt,
- harmonize,
- hierarchize,
- hush,
- lay,
- lay out,
- lay the dust,
- line up,
- lull,
- marshal,
- methodize,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- molder,
- mollify,
- normalize,
- order,
- organize,
- placate,
- pour balm into,
- pour balm on,
- propitiate,
- qualify,
- quell,
- quiesce,
- quiet,
- quieten,
- rank,
- regularize,
- regulate,
- relieve,
- rest,
- rock,
- rock to sleep,
- routinize,
- set up,
- smooth,
- smooth down,
- smooth over,
- smoothen,
- soften,
- soothe,
- stabilize,
- standardize,
- steady,
- still,
- stop,
- structure,
- subdue,
- subside,
- sweeten,
- systematize,
- temper,
- tranquilize,
- wane