Pacify: alternatives and connections

Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility;…

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To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.

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In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.

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Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.

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Alt. of Tranquillize

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To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotio…

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Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable.

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Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable.

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A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose

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A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose

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To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or o…

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To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisf…

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To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.

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Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

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To grunt; to grunt repeatedly.

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To assuage; to soften; to mitigate; to alleviate.

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To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.

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Same as Placard, 4 & 5.

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