Antonyms for pacifies


Grammar : Verb
Spell : pas-uh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæs əˌfaɪ


Definition of pacifies

Origin :
  • late 15c., "appease, allay the anger of (someone)," from Middle French pacifier "make peace," from Latin pacificare "to make peace; pacify," from pacificus (see pacific). Of countries or regions, "to bring to a condition of calm," c.1500, from the start with suggestions of submission and terrorization. Related: Pacified; pacifying.
  • verb make peaceful; appease
Example sentences :
  • When I am ill she nurses me; when I am violent she pacifies me.
  • Extract from : « The Green Book » by Mr Jkai
  • It pacifies those who are angry, and by means of it one can see into the unknown.
  • Extract from : « Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 4 » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • It pacifies em, and makes em willing to let the men manage things of more consequence.
  • Extract from : « Wheat and Huckleberries » by Charlotte Marion (White) Vaile
  • Alcinous pacifies him with gentle words, and proceeds to withdraw all his previous claims extolling Phæacian athletic skill.
  • Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
  • The priest who pacifies is as natural as the fear he seeks to assuage—as natural as man himself.
  • Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 » by Elbert Hubbard
  • It is he who saves humanity from complete annihilation, and who pacifies the angered Bel.
  • Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
  • But Ganga pacifies her and they agree to make over the children to Valmiki, when they become a little old.
  • Extract from : « Tales from the Hindu Dramatists » by R. N. Dutta
  • With a harp communicated to him by Gudrun he pacifies them all but one, which stings him to the heart, and thus Gunnar dies.
  • Extract from : « The Nibelungenlied » by Unknown
  • Who pacifies intractable politicians and makes them the devoted followers of the Ministers?
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • It is weakness which makes us hate an enemy and seek revenge, and it is idleness that pacifies us and causes us to neglect it.
  • Extract from : « The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre » by Jean de La Bruyre

Synonyms for pacifies

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