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- pronunciation:
- pae
sih
faI
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
pacifies, pacifying, pacified |
| definition: |
to calm or bring back peace of mind to.
The speaker pacified the angry crowd.Talking about the problem pacified her.- synonyms:
- calm, soothe
- antonyms:
- anger, antagonize, arouse, irritate
- similar words:
- appease, comfort, ease, lull, relax, relieve
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| related words: |
console, settle, silence, still |
| derivation: |
pacifiable (adj.) |
The word pacify
contains the following parts:
pac
Latin
root
that means peace
  Example words:
- antonyms:
- bell, belli
-fy, -ify, -efy
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means make, cause to be, become
More about this word part:
The suffix group -fy
, -ify
, -efy
forms verbs from primarily Latin bases. When -ify
attaches to an English base, the base is an adjective (uglify, Frenchify) or noun (citify, zombify) usually having one syllable or two syllables ending in |i|. Verbs ending in -fy
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ion: as a rule, -ify
becomes -ification ( verify
, verification); -efy
becomes -efaction (putrefy, putrefaction). See also fac, fic, fec, fact, fect.
Example words:
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