Word Meanings - PACIFICAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to peace; pacific. Sir H. Wotton. -- Pa*cif"ic*al*ly, adv.

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• PACIFICATION
  The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation. "An embassy of pacification." Bacon.
• PACIFICATORY
  Tending to make peace; conciliatory. Barrow.
• PEACEBREAKER
  One who disturbs the public peace. -- Peace"break`ing, n.
• PACIFICO
  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.
• PEACEMAKER
  One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance. Matt. v. 9. --Peace"mak`ing, n.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• PACIFICAL
  Of or pertaining to peace; pacific. Sir H. Wotton. -- Pa*cif"ic*al*ly, adv.
• PACIFIC
  Of or pertaining to peace; suited to make or restore peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts; a pacific nature or condition. Pacific Ocean, the ocean between America and Asia, so called
• PEACE
  A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose; specifically: Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies. Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law. Exemption from, or subjection
• PACIFICATOR
  One who, or that which, pacifies; a peacemaker. Bacon.
• PACIFICABLE
  Placable. Bp. Hall.
• PEACELESS
  Without peace; disturbed. Sandys.
• PEACEABLE
  Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome. -- Peace"a*ble*ness, n. -- Peace"a*bly, adv. Syn. -- Peaceful; pacific; tranquil; quiet; mild; undisturbed; serene; still.
• PEACEFUL
  1. Possessing or enjoying peace; not disturbed by war, tumult, agitation, anxiety, or commotion; quiet; tranquil; as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country; a peaceful end. 2. Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation; pacific; mild; calm;
• UNPEACE
  Absence or lack of peace. Testament of Love.
• MAKE-PEACE
  A peacemaker. Shak.
• APPERTAIN
  To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach