Pacify
Bible Usage:
- Bible Reference: Proverbs 16:14
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H3722 Used 1 time
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Pacify
PACIFY, verb transitive [Latin , peace, and to make.]
1. To appease, as wrath or other violent passion or appetite; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay agitation or excitement; as, to pacify a man when angry, or to pacify his wrath or rage; the word being applied both to the person and to the passion. So we say, to pacify hunger, to pacify importunate demands.
2. To restore peace to; to tranquilize; as, to pacify countries in contention.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Pacifying
PACIFYING, participle present tense Appeasing; tranquilizing.