pacify

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
  2. verb fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)

Etymology

From Middle French pacifier, from Latin pāx (“peace”) + faciō (“to do, make”). Cognate with pay and peacify.

In classic literature

Synonyms

lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle

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