pacify

pacify
pacifiable, adj.pacifyingly, adv.
/pas"euh fuy'/, v.t., pacified, pacifying.
1. to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
2. to appease: to pacify one's appetite.
3. to reduce to a state of submission, esp. by military force; subdue.
[1425-75; late ME < L pacificare to make peace. See PACIFIC, -FY]
Syn. 2. soothe, mollify, assuage.
Ant. 2. anger, enrage.

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