Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Pacify

Pacify , transitive verb

[French pacifier, Latin pacificare; pax, pacis, peace + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Peace, and -fy.]

To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity.
Pray ye, pacify yourself. — Shakespeare
To pacify and settle those countries. — Bacon