pacificate

[ puh-sif-i-keyt ]

/ pəˈsɪf ɪˌkeɪt /

to pacify.

Origin of pacificate

First recorded in 1640–50, pacificate is from the Latin word pācificātus (past participle of pācificāre to make peace). See pacify, -ate¹

pac·i·fi·ca·tion, noun pa·cif·i·ca·tor, noun pa·cif·i·ca·to·ry

[puh-sif-i-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /pəˈsɪf ɪ kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective non·pac·i·fi·ca·tion, noun

non·pa·cif·i·ca·to·ry, adjective

The most interesting was, doubtless, that of the Pacificator of Kingdoms.

Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China |Evariste Regis Huc
The pacificator, Miltitz, wished to make a new attempt at conciliation.

History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Vol 2 |J. H. Merle D'Aubign
At length Muriwai, who was a pacificator, was wounded and fell.

A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 |Augustus Earle
Of them, one had been killed outright, and two more were recovering from their wounds, and it was necessary to act as pacificator.

Life of John Coleridge Patteson |Charlotte M. Yonge

The only safe reliance, Mr. Stuart thinks, is for Virginia to assume her old position of mediator and pacificator.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 |Various