pacificate
verb (used with object)
to pacify.
pacificatory
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a word derived from
pacificate.
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a word derived from
pacification.
pacificationnounthe act, process, or policy of pacifying
Example Sentences
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Again Rufe laughed: "No—" he said with a quick pacificatory look to young Dave, "not to HIM!"
From The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by John Fox
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 Thomas Campbell
His appointment was part of the pacificatory system promoted by Agricola.
From Early Britain—Roman Britain by Edward Conybeare
"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 Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
"How will you use pacificatory measures, sir?" asked Marie Antoinette, angrily.
From Marie Antoinette and Her Son by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
