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

The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation. "An embassy of pacification." Bacon.

One who, or that which, pacifies; a peacemaker. Bacon.

Tending to make peace; conciliatory. Barrow.

A peaceful person; -- applied specif. by the Spaniards to the natives in Cuba and the Philippine Islands who did not oppose the Spanish arms.

One who pacifies.

; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity. "Pray ye, pacify yourself." Shak.

Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini, an Italian physician of the 19th century.

To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish. Strange materials packed up with wonderful art. Addison. Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are packed. Sh…

See under 2d Pack.

See under 2d Pack.

Act or process of packing.

A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation; as, a pork packer.

A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. Shak.

A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver.

Warehouse for storing goods.

The act or process of one who packs.

One who bears a pack; a peddler.

Same as Paxwax.

A path, as over mountains, followed by pack animals.