Usage examples for pacify:

• At the same time he assured her that he gave no faith to the idle reports flying about the city, reminded her that nobles, magistrates, and citizens were united in her defence, and in brief used the, same arguments which had before been used to pacify her alarm. "Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete" – John Lothrop Motley

• At last, Temujin, finding that he could not pacify his enemies, and that they were, moreover, growing stronger every day, while those that adhered to him were growing fewer in numbers and diminishing in strength, became discouraged. "Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series" – Jacob Abbott

• Felsh is esteemed not a bad fighting man; and rising almost simultaneously, his face like a full moon peeping through a rain cloud, attempts to pacify his colleague, Fetter. "Our World, or, The Slaveholders Daughter" – F. Colburn Adams

• They tried to pacify her. "When Ghost Meets Ghost" – William Frend De Morgan