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# pacify

«pacify» in Mova's school dictionary: **angry or upset become calm and quiet** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (pacify, pacifies, pacified, pacifying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To make someone who is angry or upset become calm and quiet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pacify/#m1)

2) To bring peace to a place, often by force, ending fighting there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pacify/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life parents pacify a crying baby; teachers pacify an angry pupil. In history, armies "pacified" lands, which often meant they defeated people by force. A baby's dummy is called a "pacifier" in the USA. Phrases: pacify a baby, try to pacify.

### examples

- Mum pacified the crying baby with a song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pacify/#x1)
- He tried to pacify his sister by giving her his sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pacify/#x2)
- Nothing could pacify the angry customer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pacify/#x3)
- The dog was pacified with a biscuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pacify/#x4)
- The Roman army tried to pacify the rebel tribes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pacify/#x5)
- A cuddle often pacifies a frightened child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pacify/#x6)
- ‘Carry the child about the wood; perhaps that will pacify it.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pacify/#x7)

### note

Irregular spelling: pacify, pacifies, pacified (y changes to i). Related: pacifier (US for a baby's dummy), pacifist (someone against all war), Pacific Ocean (named "peaceful"). In history, "pacify" can hide violence, so read carefully.

### In the corpora

- [Should I pacify Myself for these things?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1238/)
- [The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.457/)
- [A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a present in the bosom strong wrath.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.602/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pacify» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pacify/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.