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 →

2) To bring peace to a place, often by force, ending fighting there. tree →

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 →
• 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.