pacify

Verb

Synonyms: lenify conciliate assuage appease mollify placate gentle gruntle

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of“She managed to mollify the angry customer”Synonyms: lenify conciliate assuage appease mollify placate gentle gruntle
fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)“The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia”

Webster's Dictionary (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]