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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pacify/ˈpasɪfʌɪ/
▶verb (pacifies, pacifying, pacified)
- 1 quell the anger or agitation of.
- 2 bring peace to (a country or warring factions).
– derivatives
pacification noun,
pacificatory adjective.
pacification noun,
pacificatory adjective.
– origin C15 (earlier (ME) as pacification): from OFr. pacefier, from L. pacificare, based on pax, pac- ‘peace’.
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