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单词 pacified
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pacifiedadj.

Brit. /ˈpasᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈpæsəˌfaɪd/
Forms: 1500s pacifyde, 1500s– pacified, 1700s pacify'd; also Scottish pre-1700 pacifeit.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pacify v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < pacify v. + -ed suffix1.
That has been brought or restored to a state of peace; that has been made peaceful.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] > made calm
pleaseda1382
ycesed1387
pacified1530
appeased1532
reduced1642
pacate1645
becalmed1667
smoothed1713
pacated1727
lulled1787
sobered1797
soothed1820
the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [adjective] > made quiet or tranquil
pacified1530
lulled1787
society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > [adjective] > pacified
pacified1530
pacificated1816
1530 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 4 142 The Clan Gregour to keep gude rewle within thair boundis, siclike as uther pacifeit landis adjacent to them.
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xv. f. 197 When the sea was calme and pacifyde, The foresayd God of Epidawre, his fathers Church forsooke.
1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches iii. i How pacified was your good man?
a1708 W. Beveridge Thes. Theologicus (1710) II. 371 Is it not a blessed Thing..To have a pacify'd conscience?
1770 Pennsylvania Gaz. 16 Aug. The Citizens of London seemed a little more pacified; but..the People in general were dissatisfied at the Duty being continued on Tea.
1835 J. P. Kennedy Horse Shoe Robinson (1852) xxix. 340 There was all the seeming quiet of a pacified country. The truth was, the war had rolled northwards.
1881 H. James Washington Square xx. 152 This idea..renewed for a moment to the poor girl's temporarily pacified conscience all its dreadful vividness.
1950 R. Ettinghausen Unicorn 47 A triumphal or tributory procession with various animals, among them an elephant followed by a pacified, winged karkadann.
2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 6 Aug. 39/3 Woodstockers have been called spoiled brats, pacified suburbanites, testosterone junkies with no real reason to be angry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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