Pacify

Definitions: Pacify

Pacify

Verb

1. Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify her angry boss".

2. Bring about peace; "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia".

Date "pacify" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Note: Pacify \Pac"i*fy\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Pacified; present participle verb or noun Pacifying.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Dream Interpretation	To endeavor to pacify suffering ones, denotes that you will be loved for your sweetness of disposition. To a young woman, this dream is one of promise of a devoted husband or friends. Pacifying the anger of others, denotes that you will labor for the advancement of others. If a lover dreams of soothing the jealous suspicions of his sweetheart, he will find that his love will be unfortunately placed. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
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Synonyms: Pacify

Synonyms: appease (v), assuage (v), conciliate (v), gentle (v), gruntle (v), lenify (v), mollify (v), placate (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Forgiveness	Beg pardon, ask pardon, implore pardon; Noun: conciliate, propitiate, placate; make up a quarrel; (pacify); let the wound heal.
Moderation	Tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off; slake; curb; (restrain); tame; (subjugate); smooth over; pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters; pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin.
Pacification	Verb: pacify, tranquilize, compose; allay; (moderate); reconcile, propitiate, placate, conciliate, meet halfway, hold out the olive branch, heal the breach, make peace, restore harmony, bring to terms.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Pacify

English words defined with "pacify": appeasing ♦ Demulce ♦ Pacified, placating, placative, placatory ♦ Repacify ♦ Sop. (references)

Etymologies containing "pacify": Appay ♦ Pacable, pacate, Pacification. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Some Even Volunteered: The First Wolfhounds Pacify Vietnam (reference) (more book examples)
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"Pacify" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 94.64% of the time. "Pacify" is used about 56 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	94.64%	53	46,657
Lexical Verb (base form)	5.36%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	56	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "pacify"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		pushoj (cease, desist, die, discontinue, dismiss, give over, hush, intermit, pass, pause, quiet down, quieten, quit, rest, shut down, Stow), shtroj (board, civilize, dine, floor, lay, macadamize, propound, spread, strew), resht (quiet, quiet down, quieten, stop, tail away), qetësoj (allay, appease, assuage, balsam, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, gentle, hush, lull, mollify, pacificate, palliate, placate, propitiate, quiet, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, soften, soothe, tranquilize, tranquillize). (various references)

Arabic		‏هدأ (allay, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, die down, dust, ease, hush, keep quiet, lull, moderate, mollify, palliate, placate, quench, quieten, relieve, rest, salve, settle, settle down, simmer, smooth, sober, soothe, stay, steady, still, subside, supple, sweeten, tranquillize), ‏سكن (alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, calm, cool, dwell, dwelling, dwelt, ease, fall, gentle, habitation, hostel, house, hut, kill, live, lodging, lull, occupy, palliate, place, qualify, quarters, quiet, quieten, remit, repose, residence, salve, set together, settle, solace, soothe, stay, still, supple, tenant), ‏أصلح (amend, fix, mend, overhaul, piece, reclaim, recondition, rectify, redeem, redress, refit, reform, rehabilitate, renovate, repair, retrieve, rig, right, see, set right), ‏أشبع رغبة (pamper, supply). (various references)

Bulgarian		успокоявам (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, compose, conciliate, cool, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, mollify, palliate, placate, quiet, quiet down, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, silence, sleek, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize, unbend), укротявам (break in, calm down, cow, manage, master, mollify, settle, subdue, tame, twit), умирявам (calm, silence), умиротворявам (appease, placate). (various references)

Chinese		靖 (quiet), 綏 , 安�'� (appease, placate). (various references)

Czech		pacifikovat, utišit (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, ease, hush, quiet down, quieten, relieve, rest, silence, sooth, stay, tranquillize), upokojit (appease, calm, hush, soothe), smířit (conciliate, reconcile, redeem), chlácholit. (various references)

Farsi		فرونشاندن (Appease, Calm, Curb, Extinguish, Infix, Lull, Quash, Quell, Quench, Relieve, Remit, Repress, Sate, Slack, Soften, Stanch, Stifle, Suppress, Tranquilize), تسکین دادن (Appease, Mitigate, Palliate, Placate, Propitiate, Quell, Salve, Smooth), ارام کردن (Acquiesce, Allay, Alleviate, Appease, Assuage, Conciliate, Cool, Gentle, Lull, Placate, Quiet, Silence, Smooth, Solace, Still). (various references)

Finnish		rauhoittaa maa (pacify a country). (various references)

French		pacifier, calmer, apaiser. (various references)

German		befrieden. (various references)

Greek		ησυχάζω (allay, becalm, calm, calm down, ease, hush, lull, quiesce, quiet, settle down), ειρηνεύω (placate). (various references)

Hebrew		לשכך (abate, assuage, lull, mollify, quell, soothe, still, subside), לפיס (appease, conciliate, make peace, mollify, placate, propitiate, reconcile, soothe), ל�"שקיט (allay, calm, lull, quiet, slake, still, tranquillize), ל�"שכין שלום (appease, make peace), ל�"ר�'יע (allay, appease, calm, disarm, lull, mollify, reassure, relieve, soothe, still). (various references)

Hungarian		rendet teremt, lecsendesít (allay, becalm, calm, hush, lull, quieten, to appease, to assuage, to calm, to calm sy down, to hush, to lull, to pacify, to quiet down, to quieten, to still, to stroke down, to stroke sy down, to tranquillize), kibékít (conciliate, placate, reconcile, to accommodate, to conciliate, to pacify, to placate, to reconcile). (various references)

Indonesian		mengamankan (hand over for shafekeeping, place inprotective custody, reassure, render, safe). (various references)

Italian		pacificare (appease, calm down, make up, reconcile). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		宥める (to calm, to pacify, to soothe). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		な� める (to calm, to pacify, to soothe). (various references)

Manx		kiunaghey (allay, appease, appeasement, becalm, calm, calming, compose, die down, hush, hush as child, lull, pacification, quell, quiet, quieten, sedate, sedation, soothe, steady down, tranquillization, tranquillize), cur shee er (appease, placate). (various references)

Pig Latin		acifypay.(various references)

Portuguese		pacificar (conciliate, propitiation). (various references)

Romanian		potoli pe cineva, pacifica (placate), uşura (alleviate, appease, calm, disburden, ease, facilitate, lighten, palliate, relax, relieve, respite, solace, soothe, speed), restabili pacea, ogoi (abate, allay, assuage, hush, soothe, subside), linişti (abate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, cease, comfort, compose, ease, hush, mitigate, mollify, quiet, quieten, reassure, recompose, rest, salve, serene, settle, smooth, smooth down, soothe, still), domoli (allay, appease, assuage, calm, lighten, mitigate, moderate, mollify, quiet, reassure, remit, soften, soothe), calma (allay, appease, becalm, calm, chasten, compose, ease, kill, mollify, quiet, salve, settle, smooth, smooth down, sober, soften, soothe, steady, still, temper, tranquillize), îmbuna (calm, conciliate, reconcile, subdue, tame), îmblânzi (curb, daunt, domesticate, gentle, humanize, manage, mellow, milden, propitiate, reclaim, subdue, tame, train). (various references)

Russian		умиротворять (apease, appease, conciliate, pacificate, placate). (various references)

Scottish		ciùinich (appease, assuage, calm). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zavesti mir, utoliti (quench, satisfy, slake, stay), umiriti (appease, attemper, grow quiet, palliate, placate, quieten, soothe, tranquilize), stišati (becalm, calm, mollify, placate, quiet, soothe, tranquilize), smiriti (appease, becalm, calm, lull, quiet, quieten, settle, tranquillize), miriti (conciliate, reconcile). (various references)

Spanish		pacificar. (various references)

Swedish		lugna (allay, appease, becalm, calm, calm down, hush, lull, mollify, placate, quieten, reassure, salve, settle, settle down, soothe, tranquilize, tranquillize). (various references)

Turkish		yatıştırmak (abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, comfort, compose, conciliate, defuse, disarm, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, remit, salve, sedate, settle, smooth down, smother up, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), uzlaştırmak (accommodate, compromise, conciliate, patch up, reconcile), sakinleştirmek (allay, appease, becalm, calm, hush, placate, quiet, smooth, smooth down, soothe, steady, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), huzura kavuşturmak, barıştırmak (conciliate, make peace, reconcile, reunite). (various references)

Ukranian		умиротворяти (assuage, calm, conciliate, pacificate), відновлювати мир, заспокоюватися (abate, calm down, hush, settle down, simmer down, soften, still, tranquilize, tranquillize). (various references)

Welsh		heddychu (appease). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	confecta, confectaeque, confectum, confectus, confici, conficiat, conficiente, conficiet, mitigo, pacare, pacata, pacatae, pacatum, pacem, pacemque, pacifica, pacificans, pacificantes, pacificare, pacificas, pacifico. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 16, Verse 14
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	QumoV basilewV aggeloV qanatou anhr de sofoV exilasetai auton
Latin	405	Vulgate	Indignatio regis nuntii mortis et vir sapiens placabit eam
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	The indignacioun of the king messageres of deth; and a wis man shal don aseeth to hym.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.
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Language	Proverbs Chapter 16, Verse 14
Bulgarian	Яростта на царя е вестителка на смърт, Но мъдрият човек я укротява.
Cebuano	¶ Ang kaligutgut sa usa ka hari maingon sa mga sinugo sa kamatayon; Apan ang tawo nga manggialamon magapalinaw niini.
Chinese	王的震 �' 、如殺人的使者．但智慧人能止息王 �' 。
Croatian	Jarost je kraljeva vjesnik smrti ali je mudar èovjek ublaži.
Danish	Kongens Vrede er Dødens Bud, Vismand evner at mildne den.
Dutch	De grimmigheid des konings is als de boden des doods; maar een wijs man zal die verzoenen.
Finnish	Kuninkaan viha on kuoleman sanansaattaja, mutta sen lepyttää viisas mies.
French	La fureur du roi est un messager de mort, Et un homme sage doit l`apaiser.
German	Des Königs Grimm ist ein Bote des Todes; aber ein weiser Mann wird ihn versöhnen.
Haitian Creole	¶ Lè wa a move, atansyon, moun ka mouri! Moun ki gen bon konprann ap toujou chache fè kè wa a kontan.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Kemarahan raja adalah bagaikan berita hukuman mati; orang yang bijaksana akan berusaha meredakannya!
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Bahwa kehangatan murka raja itu seperti malak-almaut; maka sebab itu orang yang berbudi akan memadamkan dia.
Italian	L'ira del re è messaggera di morte, ma l'uomo saggio la placher� .
Korean	왕 의 진 노 �" 살 륙 의 사 자 와 같 아 도 지 혜 로 운 사 람 은 그 것 을 쉬 게 하 리 라
Maori	¶ Ko te riri o te kingi ano he karere mo te mate: engari ka whakamarietia e te tangata whakaaro nui.
Norwegian	En konges vrede er dødens bud, men en vis mann stiller vreden.
Portuguese	O furor do rei é mensageiro da morte; mas o homem sábio o aplacará.
Rumanian	Mknia kmpqratului este un vestitor al moryii, dar un om knyelept trebuie s`o potoleascq. -
Russian	гБТУЛЙК ЗОЕЧ--ЧЕУФОЙЛ УНЕТФЙ; ОП НХ�"ТЩК ЮЕМПЧЕЛ ХНЙМПУФЙЧЙФ ЕЗП.
Spanish	La ira del rey es como mensajero de muerte, pero el hombre sabio la apaciguará.
Swedish	Konungens vrede är dödens förebud, men en vis man blidkar den. >Ords. 20,2.
Thai	พระพิโรธของกษัตริย์เป็นผู้สื่อสารของความมร�"า แต่ปราชญ์จะระงับเสียไ�"้
Ukrainian	¶ �"нів царя вісник смерти, та мудра людина злагіднить його.
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "pacify": pacifying. (additional references)
	Words ending with "pacify": opacify, repacify. (additional references)
	Words containing "pacify": opacifying, repacifying. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Pacify" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: opacify, pacey, Paci, Paicf, paif. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "pacify" (pronounced pa"sufī')
5	-a" s u f ī'	classify, declassify, reclassify.
4	-s u f ī'	calcify, crucify, detoxify, diversify, falsify, intensify, ossify, specify.
3	-u f ī'	acidify, amplify, beautify, certify, clarify, codify, decertify, deify, demystify, dignify, disqualify, edify, electrify, exemplify, fortify, gentrify, glorify, gratify, horrify, identify, indemnify, justify, liquefy, magnify, misidentify, modify, mollify, mortify, mummify, mystify, notify, nullify, oversimplify, personify, petrify, purify, qualify, quantify, ramify, ratify, rectify, requalify, reunify, signify, simplify, solidify, stratify, stultify, terrify, testify, typify, unify, verify, vilify.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-f-i-p-y"
	-2 letters: pica, pyic.
	-3 letters: cap, cay, fay, icy, pac, pay, pia, pic, pya, yap, yip.
	-4 letters: ai, ay, fa, if, pa, pi, ya.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-f-i-p-y"
	+1 letter: opacify.
	+2 letters: repacify.
	+3 letters: flippancy, pacifying, preachify.
	+4 letters: opacifying, profligacy.
	+5 letters: pacifically, parfocality, prolificacy, repacifying.
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