pacificatory

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"Ruth, wouldn't you like to take a good long drive over to Norridgewock, after the grain is in?" he asked in pacificatory tones.

From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

The letters which the poet had written, in order to conciliate those two republics, had proved as useless as the pacificatory efforts of Clement VI. and his successor, Innocent.

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas

“I—I—don’t see that it’s any business of yours—of yours, Wade,” stammered the pacificatory Ide, catching the courage of protest from the rather indignant face his daughter turned on the young man.

From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman

Clear, frank, open to reasonable representation, correct to his promise; in fact, industriously conciliatory and pacificatory: such is Friedrich to all Silesian men.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Carlyle, Thomas

His appointment was part of the pacificatory system promoted by Agricola.

From Early Britain—Roman Britain by Conybeare, Edward