Verb: pacify 'pa-su,fI
- Cause to be more favourably inclined; gain the good will of
"She managed to pacify the angry customer";
- lenify [archaic], conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
- Fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)
"The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"
Derived forms: pacifies, pacified, pacifying
Type of: calm, calm down, establish, give, lull, quiet, quieten [Brit], still, tranquilize [N. Amer], tranquillise [Brit], tranquillize
Encyclopedia: Pacify