Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being pacified; pacifiable; placable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Placable.
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- adjective
placable ; able to be easilypacified
Etymologies
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Examples
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Let us strive, my friend, to acquire this pacable, Christian spirit.
The Virginians 2006
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“Ah, George,” interposed the more pacable younger brother, “you ought to forget and forgive.”
The Virginians 2006
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I had hardly sent that last Roundabout Paper to the printer (which, I submit, was written in a pacable and not unchristian frame of mind), when Saturday came, and with it, of course, my Saturday Review.
Roundabout Papers William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Let us strive, my friend, to acquire this pacable, Christian spirit.
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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"Ah, George," interposed the more pacable younger brother, "you ought to forget and forgive."
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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As Mr. Esmond sincerely regretted the part which he had taken, and as the august Prince who came to rule over England was the most pacable of sovereigns, in a very little time the Colonel's friends found means to make his peace.
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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(which, I submit, was written in a pacable and not unchristian frame of mind), when Saturday came, and with it, of course, my
Roundabout Papers 2006
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England was the most pacable of sovereigns, in a very little time the Colonel’s friends found means to make his peace.
The Virginians 2006
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