单词 | pacifying |
释义 | pacifyingn. The action of pacify v. (in various senses); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > [noun] peasingc1300 appeasement1430 pacification1437 peacemakinga1450 pacifying1474 appeasingc1522 composing1574 pacation1658 peacemongering1853 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] saughteningc1330 peacemakinga1450 pacifying1474 1474 in J. B. Sheppard Let. Bks. Monastery Christ Church Canterbury (1887) 278 (MED) Our Soveraigne Lord..woll not spare to employe his owne persone in that that may best serve for the pacifieng of the londe inwards. 1523 in W. Fraser Memorials Montgomeries (1859) II. 95 For the pacifying of the cuntre. 1537 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 146 For the pacifying and determination of which variance. c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 516 And for pacifying of thair rancor. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Expiation, a satisfaction, a pacifying. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) x. iv. 473 A pacifying and quieting of all those riots and tumults. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xxv. 222 The pacifying of her, and endeavouring to reconcile the lady to her, took up till near one a clock. 1827 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 33 The security of themselves, the pacifying of Onkus, and the preservation of Miantunnomoh. 1881 A. Trollope Ayala's Angel III. xlvii. 40 Lady Albury was able to pacify the husband, but she feared that any pacifying of the Captain would be impossible. 1956 J. W. F. Hill Tudor & Stuart Lincoln iii. 47 Suffolk had offered to move against the Yorkshire rebels, but Henry wished him to stay at Lincoln or thereabouts for the pacifying of those parts. 1998 M. Schneider Panic Bird 56 Steve..recuperates from June's razor words, From hours of fetching and pacifying. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pacifyingadj. That pacifies a person or thing. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > [adjective] pacific1548 pacifying1552 peacemaking1556 pacificatory1582 peacemongering1808 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Pacifyinge, or whyche doth pacifye, pacificatorius. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. iii. viii. f. 107 The Abbot..in a kinde of pacifying speeches, saide; Peace my deare Sonnes [etc.]. a1699 J. Beaumont Compl. Poems (1880) xiii. 27 And with more violent combustion mock The pacifying Gale's attempt. 1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 244 And by your pacifying Showers (The soft and usual methods of Success) Kindly assay'd to make this Tempest less. 1794 R. Cumberland Jew v. 69 Madam, that answer is at once so pacifying and so candid. 1860 W. Collins Woman in White (new ed.) III. 337 I invented news of the most pacifying kind, assuring her that she was about to see her sister at my house. 1899 Cent. Mag. 58 677/2 We were willing to pay a pacifying indemnity, even, for releasing them from the contract. 1945 Russ. Rev. 5 15 Stolypin believed that the very firmness of his ‘pacifying policy’ would gain the population's support. 1994 W. N. Herbert Forked Tongue 86 Rather than accept the pacifying bribe Of the Town Council's grain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1474adj.1552 |
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