PACIFIC, adjective [Latin , to make peace. See Peace.] 1. Peace-making; conciliatory; suited to make or restore peace; adapted to reconcile differences; mild; appeasing; as, to offer pacific propositions to a belligerent power. The measures proposed are in their nature pacific 2. Calm; tranquil; as a pacific state of things. PACIFIC, noun The appellation given to the ocean situated between America on the west, and Asia; so called on account of its exemption from violent tempests.
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