Definitions for pacify

pacify pac·i·fy

Spelling: [pas-uh-fahy]
IPA: /ˈpæs əˌfaɪ/

Pacify is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 76 anagrams from letters in pacify (acfipy).

Definitions for pacify

verb (used with object)

  1. to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm:
  2. to appease:
  3. to reduce to a state of submission, especially by military force; subdue.

Origin of pacify

1425-75; late Middle English Latin pācificāre to make peace. See pacific, -fy

Examples for pacify

Nevertheless, Iran can only go so far to pacify Iraq with its own forces.

So Arnold hastened to try and pacify the anger that he had inadvertently roused.

Consequently, it might be necessary in some situations to pacify or motivate them with a lie.

His keepers fed the beast copious amounts of port, Champagne, and whiskey to pacify the persnickety pachyderm.

I attempted to pacify her by an indefinite reply to her inquiries, but in vain.

Yet would we nod approvingly if President Bush blamed the failure of U.S. efforts to pacify post-invasion Iraq on Saddam Hussein?

But, how, on this revocation of my appointment, shall I be able to pacify him?

To pacify the ulema, always wary of any rival forum, this initial gathering consisted entirely of men who were clerics.

These he dumped out and, to pacify the man, handed the paper to him with his own pencil.

I wiped his eyes with his frock, told him he was all right and called Sancho to pacify him.

Word Value for pacify
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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