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placifying

placifying is the present participle and gerund of placify.

Meaning of placify

Verb

placify (third-person singular simple present placifies, present participle placifying, simple past and past participle placified)

  1. (rare) To create a peaceful and calm environment; to make placid.
  2. (rare, transitive) To calm (someone), to pacify.
    • According to the last accounts from Cattaro, all the southern districts have been placified1869, “Foreign and Colonial News: Austro-Hungary”, in The Illustrated London News, page 582

Questions about placifying

What is placifying the present participle and gerund of?
Placifying is the present participle and gerund of placify.

Words near placifying in the dictionary

  1. Placidyl
  2. Placidyls
  3. placified
  4. placifies
  5. placify
  6. placifying
  7. Placilla
  8. placing
  9. placing on a pedestal
  10. placing one's cards on the table
  11. placings

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