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Pacific   /pəsˈɪfɪk/   Listen
proper noun
Pacific  n.  The Pacific Ocean, the largest ocean.
Synonyms: Pacific Ocean.



adjective
pacific  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; as, a pacific nature or condition.
Synonyms: peaceable.
2.
Promoting peace; suited to make or restore peace; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts.
Synonyms: irenic.
3.
Of or pertaining to the Pacific Ocean; as, Pacific islands.
Pacific Ocean, the ocean between America and Asia, so called by Magellan, its first European navigator, on account of the exemption from violent tempests which he enjoyed while sailing over it; called also, simply, the Pacific, and, formerly, the South sea.
Synonyms: Peacemaking; appeasing; conciliatory; tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful; reconciling; mild; gentle.





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"Pacific" Quotes from Famous Books



... confiscations with which the transition from aristocratic ascendency to democratic power is necessarily attended, he has examined with a scrutinising eye the practical working of the latter system in the United States, where it had been long established and was in pacific undisputed sovereignty. He has demonstrated that in such circumstances, it is not the weakness but the strength of the ruling power in the state which is the great danger, and that the many-headed despot, acting by means of a subservient press and servile juries, speedily becomes ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 • Various
 
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... the tide is at high level Modernists discuss the Devil. Floods upon the Thames or Kennet Stimulate the brain of BENNETT; While a waterspout foretells Fresh activities in WELLS. When it's calm in the Atlantic Gooseberries become gigantic. When it's rough in the Pacific Laying hens are less prolific. When the clouds are moving largo There is no restraining MARGOT. When their movement is con brio 'Ware CHIOZZA MONEY (LEO)! When the sun is bright but spotty Diarists become more dotty. When the sun is dim and hazy Diarists become more crazy. When the nights are ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, October 6, 1920 • Various
 
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... when sounds are done, Music that rebukes the birds, Language lovelier than words, Hue and scent that shame the rose, Wine no earthly vineyard knows, Silence stiller than the shore Swept by Charon's stealthy oar, Ocean more divinely free Than Pacific's boundless sea,— Ye who love have learned it true. —Dear, how ...
— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 2 (of 4) • Various
 
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... fortune of other nations, the United States may be again involved in war, and it may in that event be the object of the adverse party to overset our Government, to break our Union, and demolish us as a nation. Our distance from Europe and the just, moderate, and pacific policy of our Government may form some security against these dangers, but they ought to be anticipated and guarded against. Many of our citizens are engaged in commerce and navigation, and all of them are in a certain degree dependent on their prosperous ...
— United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches - From Washington to George W. Bush • Various
 
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... Andrew Jackson, and made the acquaintance of Edward Everett. Thence to Baltimore where he obtained three more subscribers, thence to New York from which port he sailed in April with his wife on the packet ship Pacific, for England, and arrived at Liverpool ...
— John James Audubon • John Burroughs
 
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