pacify
pronunciation
How to pronounce pacify in British English:
UK [ˈpæsɪfaɪ]
How to pronounce pacify in American English:
US [ˈpæsɪfaɪ]
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- Verb:
- cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)
Word Origin
- pacify
- pacify: see peace
- pacify (v.)
- late 15c., "appease, allay the anger of (someone)," from Middle French pacifier "make peace," from Latin pacificare "to make peace; pacify," from pacificus (see pacific). Of countries or regions, "to bring to a condition of calm," c. 1500, from the start with suggestions of submission and terrorization. Related: Pacified; pacifying.
Example
- 1. A weak dollar will therefore make it easier for china to pacify america and so ward off sanctions .
- 2. Despite floating various well-meaning plans to pacify the delta , the government has failed to stop the region 's unrest .
- 3. Defying his generals , mr rumsfeld sent too few troops to iraq to pacify the country .
- 4. Now , claims that only austerity can pacify bond markets have proved every bit as wrong as claims that the confidence fairy will bring prosperity .
- 5. Most conservatives believe obama took far too long to submit the trade agreements with south korea , panama and columbia to congress , as he sought to pacify organized labor .