Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease. synonym: pacify.
- intransitive verb To regain or try to regain (friendship or goodwill) by pleasant behavior.
- intransitive verb To make or attempt to make compatible; reconcile.
- intransitive verb To gain or try to gain someone's friendship or goodwill.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To overcome the distrust or hostility of, by soothing and pacifying means; induce friendly and kindly feelings in; pacify; placate; soothe; win over.
- To induce, draw, or secure by something adapted to attract regard or favor; win; gain; engage.
- Synonyms To win over, propitiate, appease. See
reconcile .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Make calm and content;
placate . - verb Mediate in a dispute.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb come to terms
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- verb make (one thing) compatible with (another)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He has deliberately said, that, if we cannot "conciliate" the Rebels, and "persuade" them to come back into the Union, we should allow them to depart in peace.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various
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The establishment of these reforms, the petitioners of the Regulation concluded, would "conciliate" their minds to "every just measure of government, and would make the laws what the Constitution ever designed they should be, their protection and not their bane."
Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground Constance Lindsay Skinner 1908
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_patani [vs] a_ would be the verbal root for "conciliate"; _mpatana [vs] i_ is
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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"conciliate" the South, and that that section could be induced to "come back" into the Union, provided nothing should be done to hurt its feelings or injure its interests!
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various
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This alone might not be cause enough for blacks en masse to repeatedly give their firm backing to the Democrats, especially when the Democrats compromise, conciliate, and flat out fumble the ball when it comes to caving to the GOP in fighting for increased funding and initiatives that help the urban poor.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: The GOP's Phony "Plantationism" Charge Against Democrats Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2011
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This alone might not be cause enough for blacks en masse to repeatedly give their firm backing to the Democrats, especially when the Democrats compromise, conciliate, and flat out fumble the ball when it comes to caving to the GOP in fighting for increased funding and initiatives that help the urban poor.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: The GOP's Phony "Plantationism" Charge Against Democrats Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2011
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This alone might not be cause enough for blacks en masse to repeatedly give their firm backing to the Democrats, especially when the Democrats compromise, conciliate, and flat out fumble the ball when it comes to caving to the GOP in fighting for increased funding and initiatives that help the urban poor.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: The GOP's Phony "Plantationism" Charge Against Democrats Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2011
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Instead of antagonizing the unions, which had been their previous policy, the socialists proceeded to conciliate the unions.
THE CLASS STRUGGLE 2010
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This alone might not be cause enough for blacks en masse to repeatedly give their firm backing to the Democrats, especially when the Democrats compromise, conciliate, and flat out fumble the ball when it comes to caving to the GOP in fighting for increased funding and initiatives that help the urban poor.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: The GOP's Phony "Plantationism" Charge Against Democrats Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2011
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And the leaders would sit in Assemblies and Houses and Senates and they would discuss, conciliate, find the center and thus exert sensible leadership.
Peter Samuelson: Democracy With No Center Is a Zero Peter Samuelson 2011
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