The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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