Pa-çif'ic, a.
a. [Lat. pacificus, from pax, pacis, peace, and facere, to make; Fr. pacifique, Pr. pacific, It. & Sp. pacifico.]
- Suited to make or restore peace; adapted to reconcile differences; peace-making; conciliatory; mild; appeasing; as, pacific propositions. “These pacific words ensue.” Pope.
- Attended or characterized by peace; calm; tranquil; as, a pacific state of things.
Pacific Ocean (Geog.), the great ocean between America and Asia, so called on account of the exemption from violent tempests which early navigators supposed it enjoyed;—called also, simply, the Pacific. Syn.—Peace-making; appeasing; mild; gentle; conciliatory; tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful; peaceable.