Pacified

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pacify
       v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
            "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: {lenify},
             {conciliate}, {assuage}, {appease}, {mollify}, {placate},
             {gentle}, {gruntle}]
       2: fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location);
          "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"
       [also: {pacified}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pacified
       See {pacify}