Meaning of peacen | Babel Free

Definitions

To make peaceful; calm; quieten

ambitransitive, nonstandard, rare

Examples

“"I thought maybe de little feller mought 'a' been sont to me—jes' to me —ma'am— but all de planets p'ints de yether way, now, an' I rej'ices in his riches— so I gwine peacen my sperit again, and give⟳ 'way to de Lord's will."”

“It was late in March⟳, time the Alley peacened down to women, littlest children, and an occasional big boy fight⟳.”

“The development of the cerebral cortex introduced into the human brain the ability to ignore⟳ or override those instincts/reflexes that limit⟳ aggressive behavior in animals. The physiologically triggered "peacening" responses that occur⟳ in an aggressive animal when submission is signaled by his opponent are easily overridden by the press⟳ of the human intellect determined to achieve⟳ the conceptual reality for which aggression is initiated.”

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