pacificatory
- a word derived from pacificate.
- a word derived from pacification.
Example Sentences
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"There's no use of sending the Judge, anyhow," said Raleigh, fearing by the glitter that came into the eye of the commander that trouble might ensue unless pacificatory measures were resorted to.
From The Pursuit of the House-Boat by Bangs, John Kendrick
The letters which the poet had written, in order to conciliate those two republics, had proved as useless as the pacificatory efforts of Clement VI. and his successor, Innocent.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
"I—I didn' say I had any objection to fightin'-men, not when they're quiet," Mrs Bosenna made haste to observe in a pacificatory tone.
From Hocken and Hunken by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Had a similar policy been pursued with respect to other gross abuses, the effect upon the public mind would have been most pacificatory.
From The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion by Dent, John Charles
“There’s no use of sending the Judge, anyhow,” said Raleigh, fearing by the glitter that came into the eye of the commander that trouble might ensue unless pacificatory measures were resorted to.
From The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. by Bangs, John Kendrick
