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Definition
calm someone who is angry; or establish peace
- Neptune testifies his jealousy at this work, but is pacified by a promise from Jupiter.Book 7 (4% in)
- The king, being obliged to send back his captive, enters into a furious contest with Achilles, which Nestor pacifies; however, as he had the absolute command of the army, he seizes on Briseis in revenge.Book 1 (2% in)
There are no more uses of "pacify" in The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope).
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