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pacificate

[ puh-sif-i-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

pacificated, pacificating.
  1. to pacify.


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Other Words From

  • paci·fi·cation noun
  • pa·cifi·cator noun
  • pa·cif·i·ca·to·ry [p, uh, -, sif, -i-k, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
  • nonpac·i·fi·cation noun
  • nonpa·cifi·ca·tory adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pacificate1

First recorded in 1640–50, pacificate is from the Latin word pācificātus (past participle of pācificāre to make peace). See pacify, -ate 1
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Example Sentences

“Like enough the wolf pack will chase us when we are sleighing, and you’ll have to throw that doll over to pacificate ’em so we can escape with our lives.

By Cortez this captain was twice sent to Spain from Mexico, with despatches and presents for the Emperor, Charles V. In the year 1527, Montejo solicited the government of Yucatan, in order to conquer and pacificate that country, and received permission to conquer and people the islands of Yucatan and Cozumel, at his own cost.

When, in the autumn of 1884, an expedition was sent to Bechuanaland under Sir Charles Warren, to expel the filibusters who had raided the territory, to pacificate the country, and to reinstate the natives, a balloon detachment under Major Elsdale and Captain F. C. Trollope, of the Grenadier Guards, attached to the Royal Engineers, was included in the expedition.

And when La Rochelle fell before those measures to which Schomberg and Bassompierre were compelled to bow, he said to the king, 'Sire, I am no prophet, but I assure your majesty that if you will condescend to act as I advise you, you will pacificate Italy in the month of May, subjugate Languedoc in the month of July, and be on your return in the month of August.'

If there is any thing to pacificate I am in favor of pacification, but in favor of it according to the Constitution.

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