| slovo | definícia |
pacify
(mass) | pacify
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pacify
(encz) | pacify,uklidnit v: J. Polach |
Pacify
(gcide) | Pacify \Pac"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pacified; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pacifying.] [F. pacifier, L. pacificare; pax, pacis,
peace + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Peace, and -fy.]
To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to
quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of;
to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify
pride, appetite, or importunity. "Pray ye, pacify yourself."
--Shak.
Syn: lenify, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle,
gruntle.
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To pacify and settle those countries. --Bacon.
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pacify
(wn) | pacify
v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
"She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: pacify,
lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify,
placate, gentle, gruntle]
2: fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location);
"The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia" |
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opacify
(encz) | opacify, v: |
pacifying
(encz) | pacifying,uklidňující adj: Clock |
Capacify
(gcide) | Capacify \Ca*pac"i*fy\ (k[.a]*p[a^]s"[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Capacified (k[.a]*p[a^]s"[i^]*f[imac]d).] [L.
capax, -acis, capacious + -fy.]
To quality. [R.]
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The benefice he is capacified and designed for.
--Barrow.
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Pacify
(gcide) | Pacify \Pac"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pacified; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pacifying.] [F. pacifier, L. pacificare; pax, pacis,
peace + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Peace, and -fy.]
To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to
quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of;
to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify
pride, appetite, or importunity. "Pray ye, pacify yourself."
--Shak.
Syn: lenify, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle,
gruntle.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
To pacify and settle those countries. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster] |
pacifying
(gcide) | pacifying \pacifying\ adj.
freeing from fear and anxiety.
Syn: assuasive, calming, soothing.
[WordNet 1.5]Pacify \Pac"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pacified; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pacifying.] [F. pacifier, L. pacificare; pax, pacis,
peace + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Peace, and -fy.]
To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to
quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of;
to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify
pride, appetite, or importunity. "Pray ye, pacify yourself."
--Shak.
Syn: lenify, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle,
gruntle.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
To pacify and settle those countries. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster] |
Pacifying
(gcide) | pacifying \pacifying\ adj.
freeing from fear and anxiety.
Syn: assuasive, calming, soothing.
[WordNet 1.5]Pacify \Pac"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pacified; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pacifying.] [F. pacifier, L. pacificare; pax, pacis,
peace + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Peace, and -fy.]
To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to
quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of;
to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify
pride, appetite, or importunity. "Pray ye, pacify yourself."
--Shak.
Syn: lenify, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle,
gruntle.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
To pacify and settle those countries. --Bacon.
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Repacify
(gcide) | Repacify \Re*pac"i*fy\ (r?-p?s"?-f?), v. t.
To pacify again.
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opacify
(wn) | opacify
v 1: make opaque; "The glass was opacified more greater privacy"
2: become opaque; "the tissue in the eye's cornea may opacify
and the patient may go blind" |
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