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a. [ L. pacificus: cf. F. pacifique. See Pacify. ] Of or pertaining to peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome;
Pacific Ocean,
a. Placable. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to peace; pacific. [ R. ] Sir H. Wotton. --
n. [ L. pacificatio: cf. F. pacification. See Pacify. ] The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation. “An embassy of pacification.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ] One who, or that which, pacifies; a peacemaker. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. pacificatorius. ] Tending to make peace; conciliatory. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A pacifist.
‖n. [ Sp. See Pacific. ] A peaceful person; -- applied specif. by the Spaniards to the natives in Cuba and the Philippine Islands who did not oppose the Spanish arms.
While we were going through the woods one of the pacificos pointed to a new grave. Harper's Weekly. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]