English▸ verb
( pacifies, pacifying, pacified)
[with object] quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of: he had to pacify angry spectators.
▪ bring peace to (a country or warring factions), especially by the use or threat of military force:
the general pacified northern Italy.
– ORIGIN late 15th century (earlier (late Middle English) as pacification): from Old French pacefier, from Latin pacificare, based on pax, pac- ‘peace’.