"peacen" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: peacens [present, singular, third-person], peacening [participle, present], peacened [participle, past], peacened [past]
Etymology: From peace + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|peace|en|id2=inchoative}} peace + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} peacen (third-person singular simple present peacens, present participle peacening, simple past and past participle peacened)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, rare, nonstandard) To make peaceful; calm; quieten Tags: intransitive, nonstandard, rare, transitive Related terms: pacify

Inflected forms

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