pacificate
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
- nonpacification noun
- nonpacificatory adjective
- pacification noun
- pacificator noun
- pacificatory adjective
Etymology
Origin of pacificate
First recorded in 1640–50, pacificate is from the Latin word pācificātus (past participle of pācificāre to make peace). See pacify, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Armand Carrel endeavored to pacificate, but the effort failed.
From Edmond Dantès by Flagg, Edmund
Henry IV. had perceived himself to be in an analogous position with France and Europe divided between Catholics and Protestants, whom he aspired to pacificate.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 by Black, Robert
If there is any thing to pacificate I am in favor of pacification, but in favor of it according to the Constitution.
From A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 by Chittenden, L. E. (Lucius Eugene)
“Like enough the wolf pack will chase us when we are sleighing, and you’ll have to throw that doll over to pacificate ’em so we can escape with our lives.
From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Hill, Grace Brooks
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