(adj) disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature, Syn.peaceable, Example: the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force; a quiet and peaceable person; in a peaceable and orderly manner
(n) the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined, Syn.mollification, Example: a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants; his unsuccessful mollification of the mob
a. [ L. pacificus: cf. F. pacifique. See Pacify. ] Of or pertaining to peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; as, a pacific nature or condition.[ wns=3 ] Syn. -- peaceable. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Promoting peace; suited to make or restore peace; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts. [ wns=1 ] Syn. -- irenic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
3. of or pertaining to the Pacific Ocean; as, Pacific islands. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
Pacific Ocean, the ocean between America and Asia, so called by Magellan, its first European navigator, on account of the exemption from violent tempests which he enjoyed while sailing over it; -- called also, simply, the Pacific, and, formerly, the South sea. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. pacificatio: cf. F. pacification. See Pacify. ] The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation. “An embassy of pacification.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Sp. See Pacific. ] A peaceful person; -- applied specif. by the Spaniards to the natives in Cuba and the Philippine Islands who did not oppose the Spanish arms.
While we were going through the woods one of the pacificos pointed to a new grave. Harper's Weekly. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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