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peaceable, a. (n., adv.)|ˈpiːsəb(ə)l|
Forms: α. 4–5 peisible, 4–6 pais-, pesible, (also with y for either i, and -el or -il for -le; also 4 peyseble, -belle, payzible, 4–5 peesible, 5 peseble, pessybyl); 4 pecible, 6 Sc. pecibil, (peiceabil); 5–6 peasible, -yble, (5 -eble, peass-); 6 peacible, (-eble, -ebil); Sc. pacibil, (-ebil). β. 4–6 pesable, (4–5 -bil, -byl(le, 5 peseable, -bel); 6 peciable, -bil, (pecesable); 5–6 peasable, (6 peass-, peac-, peax-, peaciable, Sc. paciable); 6– peaceable.
[ME. a. OF. paisible (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), peis-, pesible (= Pr. pazible, paizible), f. OF. pais peace: see -ble. Subseq. conformed in pronunc. and spelling to pece, peace, and to words in -able (cf., for sense, comfortable, favourable, serviceable).]
1. Disposed to, or making for, peace; avoiding, or inclined to avoid, strife; of a peaceful character, disposition, or tendency; not quarrelsome or pugnacious. (Of persons, actions, etc.)
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4040 Pesable he was. 1340Ayenb. 96 Yblissed byeþ þe paysyble uor hi ssolle by ycleped godes zones. 1386Rolls of Parlt. III. 225/1 Bi gode and paisible avys of the wysest and trewest. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 117 She..made hym paisible vnto her and vnto alle other peple. 1535Coverdale Zach. vi. 13 A peaceable councell shalbe betwixte them both. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry ii. vi. (1611) 56 Those gallants..in times..of warre, proue..peaceabler and calmer then they should be. 1712Steele Spect. No. 284 ⁋6 She shall give Security for her peaceable Intentions. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) III. 94 The Stag is one of those innocent and peaceable animals that seem made to embellish the forest. 1815Elphinstone Acc. Caubul (1842) 173 The inhabitants are shepherds,..simple, peaceable, and inoffensive.
†b. Not talkative, taciturn; not noisy, violent, or restless; calm; quiet in behaviour. Obs.
1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 74 Our lorde accepteth him for noble, that doth goode werkis though he be peasible of litle wordes. 1484Caxton Fables of Poge iv, He beganne to be peasyble and gate his wytte ageyne. 1826Cobbett Rur. Rides (1885) II. 49 To make the horse peaceable enough to enable me to keep on his back.
2. Characterized by peace; free from disturbance; quiet; = peaceful 2 (now the usual word).
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 7833, Þare es peysebelle ioy ay lastand. 1430–40Lydg. Bochas ix. xxviii. (1558) 31 In full peasyble and hole possession. 1522More De quat. Noviss. Wks. 98 Salomon saith of vertue thus: her wayes are al ful of plesure, & her pathes are pesable. 1600E. Blount tr. Conestaggio 4 Remaining peaceable Lord of the Realme. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. Introd. iii. 73 To make a particular custom good..It must have been peaceable, and acquiesced in: not subject to contention and dispute. 1845M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 15 To do one's duty thoroughly is not easy in the most peaceable times.
†b. In physical sense: Peaceful. Obs.
c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 73 Þe wyndes litel blowyn, þe see ys paisyble. c1491Chast. Goddes Chyld. 10 Whan there is no tempest in a pesible weder. 1555Eden Decades 220 The sayde sea cauled Pacificum that is peaceable. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 717 This Inkie Sea, through which I vndertake a Pilots office to conduct my Readers, is more peaceable then that.
3. Comb.
1690Norris Beatitudes (1692) 178 This peaceable-mindedness. a1716Bp. O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. 89 A peaceable-minded Man..shews his..Desire of Peace all manner of ways.
†B. as n. (only in pl., repr. L. pacifici, pacifica of the Vulgate).
a. A peaceable or friendly person.
b. A peace-offering. Obs.
13..Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. xxxii. 675 Blesset be þe pesybles i-tald, Godus children schul þei be cald. 1382Wyclif Ezek. xlvi. 2 Prestis shuln do his brend sacrifice and his pesibles. a1533Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) Z v, He hath conquered realmes, altered [= vexed, harassed] peasibles, dystroyed cities. 1609Bible (Douay) Jer. xx. 10 The men that were my peaceables.
†C. as adv. Peaceably. Obs.
1478Sir J. Paston in P. Lett. III. 222 That it was peasyble my Lordys off Suffolk. 1606G. W[oodcocke] Hist. Ivstine xxxviii. 122 Colchos, Paphlagonia, and Bosphorus, which he now peaceable held. 1738tr. Guazzo's Art Conversation 221 They cannot live peaceable together. |