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pacificate

[puh-sif-i-keyt] / pəˈsɪf ɪˌkeɪt /


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Henry IV. had perceived himself to be in an analogous position with France and Europe divided between Catholics and Protestants, whom he aspired to pacificate.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 by Robert Black

If there is any thing to pacificate I am in favor of pacification, but in favor of it according to the Constitution.

From A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 by L. E. (Lucius Eugene) Chittenden

“Like enough the wolf pack will chase us when we are sleighing, and you’ll have to throw that doll over to pacificate ’em so we can escape with our lives.

From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Grace Brooks Hill

Armand Carrel endeavored to pacificate, but the effort failed.

From Edmond Dantès by Edmund Flagg

VENDEE, La, Commissioners to, state of, in 1792, insurrection in, war, after King's death, on fire, pacificated.

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle

You know that I preferred Swiss or Bavarian soldiers to those of the great pacificating powers, because the latter cannot, with propriety, interfere in matters of police, whilst paid by foreign countries.

From The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II by Thomas Barnes Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald

"Don't flare out like that," said Lawrence pacificating.

From Success and How He Won It by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

Likewise, General Hoche has even succeeded in pacificating La Vendee.

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle




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