pacify
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 →
2) To bring peace to a place, often by force, ending fighting there. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Proverbs a wise person can calm a king's wrath. In Isaiah, God asks whether He should calm Himself about idol worship. Interpretation: Tradition praises those who turn away anger with wisdom and gentle words. It teaches that God is slow to anger but takes sin seriously. In the primary 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
- Should I pacify Myself for these things? (Prophets ISA.57.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it. (Writings PRO.16.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- Mum pacified the crying baby with a song. tree →
- He tried to pacify his sister by giving her his sweets. tree →
- Nothing could pacify the angry customer. tree →
- The dog was pacified with a biscuit. tree →
- The Roman army tried to pacify the rebel tribes. tree →
- A cuddle often pacifies a frightened child. tree →
- ‘Carry the child about the wood; perhaps that will pacify it.’ tree →
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?
- The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it.
- A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a present in the bosom strong wrath.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «pacify» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.