English-Thai Dictionary

pacify

VT ทำให้ สงบ (ความโกรธ  ความหิว  appease conciliate gentle mollify anger tam-hai-sa-ngob

 

pacify

VT ทำให้ สงบ (สงคราม  assuage subdue enrage tam-hai-sa-ngob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PACIFY

v.t.[L., peace, and to make. ] 1. To appease, as wrath or other violent passion or appetite; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay agitation or excitement; as, to pacify a man when angry, or to pacify his wrath or rage; the word being applied both to the person and to the passion. So we say, to pacify hunger, to pacify importunate demands.
2. To restore peace to; to tranquilize; as, to pacify countries in contention.

 

PACIFYING

ppr. Appeasing; tranquilizing.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PACIFY

Pac "i *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pacified; p. pr. & vb. n. Pacifying. ][F. pacifier, L. pacificare; pax, pacis, peace + -ficare (in comp. ) to make. See Peace, and -fy. ]

 

Defn: To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity. "Pray ye, pacify yourself. " Shak.

 

To pacify and settle those countries. Bacon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pacify

pac i fy |ˈpasəˌfī ˈpæsəˌfaɪ | ▶verb ( pacifies, pacifying, pacified ) [ with obj. ] quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of: he had to pacify angry spectators. • bring peace to (a country or warring factions ), esp. by the use or threatened use of military force: the general pacified northern Italy. DERIVATIVES pa cif i ca tion |ˌpasifiˈkāSHən |noun, pa cif i ca to ry |pəˈsifikəˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Old French pacefier, from Latin pacificare, based on pax, pac- ‘peace. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

pacify

pacify |ˈpasɪfʌɪ | ▶verb ( pacifies, pacifying, pacified ) [ with obj. ] quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of: he had to pacify angry spectators. • bring peace to (a country or warring factions ), especially by the use or threat of military force: the general pacified northern Italy. DERIVATIVES pacification noun, pacificatory adjective ORIGIN late 15th cent. (earlier (late Middle English ) as pacification ): from Old French pacefier, from Latin pacificare, based on pax, pac- ‘peace ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pacify

pacify verb go out there and try to pacify the passengers: placate, appease, calm (down ), conciliate, propitiate, assuage, mollify, soothe. ANTONYMS enrage. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD pacify, appease, conciliate, mollify, placate, propitiate You might try to pacify a crying baby, to appease a demanding boss, to mollify a friend whose feelings have been hurt, and to placate an angry crowd. While all of these verbs have something to do with quieting people who are upset, excited, or disturbed, each involves taking a slightly different approach. Pacify suggests soothing or calming (the mother made soft cooing noises in an attempt to pacify her child ). Appease implies that you've given in to someone's demands or made concessions in order to please (she said she would visit his mother just to appease him ), while mollify stresses minimizing anger or hurt feelings by taking positive action (her flattery failed to mollify him ). Placate suggests changing a hostile or angry attitude to a friendly or favorable one, usually with a more complete or long-lasting effect than appease (they were able to placate their enemies by offering to support them ). You can propitiate a superior or someone who has the power to injure you by allaying or forestalling their anger (they were able to propitiate the trustees by holding a dinner party in their honor ). Conciliate implies the use of arbitration or compromise to settle a dispute or to win someone over (the company made every effort to conciliate its angry competitor ).These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pacify

pacify verb Gregory tried to think of a way of pacifying his wife: placate, appease, calm, calm down, conciliate, propitiate, assuage, mollify, soothe, tranquillize, content, still, quieten, silence, relax, compose. ANTONYMS provoke, enrage, inflame.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pacify

pac i fy /pǽsɪfàɪ /動詞 -fies ; -fied ; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈怒りなど 〉を和らげる, 静める ; 〈赤ん坊など 〉をなだめる .2 〈国 暴徒など 〉を制圧 [鎮定 ]する, 平和に戻す .