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pacificates

pacificates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pacificate.

Meaning of pacificate

Verb

pacificate (third-person singular simple present pacificates, present participle pacificating, simple past and past participle pacificated)

  1. (archaic, transitive, sometimes non-native speakers' English) Synonym of pacify.
    • Let me commend to readers this little scrap of Note; headed, ‘Methods of Pacificating Germany 1º. There is one ready method of pacificating Germany: That his Britannic Majesty should firmly button his breeches-pocket, “Not one sixpence more, Madam!”—and go home to his bed, if he find no business...1862, Thomas Carlyle, “Britannic Majesty Fights His Battle of Dettingen; and Becomes Supreme Jove of Germany, in a Manner”, in History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume...
    Synonyms:
    pacify

Questions about pacificates

What is pacificates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pacificates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pacificate.

Words near pacificates in the dictionary

  1. pacifically
  2. Pacifican
  3. Pacificans
  4. pacificate
  5. pacificated
  6. pacificates
  7. pacificating
  8. pacificatingly
  9. pacification
  10. pacifications
  11. pacificator

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