pacificatory

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The shouts of the crowd sounded pacificatory, entreating; they blended into a thick, indistinct babel, in which there was something hopeless and pitiful.

From Mother by Gorky, Maksim

The letters which the poet had written, in order to conciliate those two republics, had proved as useless as the pacificatory efforts of Clement VI. and his successor, Innocent.

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas

"How will you use pacificatory measures, sir?" asked Marie Antoinette, angrily.

From Marie Antoinette and Her Son by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

Again Rufe laughed: "No—" he said with a quick pacificatory look to young Dave, "not to HIM!"

From The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by Fox, John

His appointment was part of the pacificatory system promoted by Agricola.

From Early Britain—Roman Britain by Conybeare, Edward