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 ]
[とごふ, togofu] (n) (See 都護・1, 西域都護府, 安東都護府, 安南都護府, 安西都護府, 燕然都護府, 単于都護府, 北庭都護府) Protectorate General; Han- and Tang-period Chinese office established to pacify and control peoples on the frontier (during the Tang period, six major Protectorate Generals were established)