pacificatory

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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

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

Had a similar policy been pursued with respect to other gross abuses, the effect upon the public mind would have been most pacificatory.

From The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion by Dent, John Charles

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

From Early Britain—Roman Britain by Conybeare, Edward

"I—I didn' say I had any objection to fightin'-men, not when they're quiet," Mrs Bosenna made haste to observe in a pacificatory tone.

From Hocken and Hunken by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir