Conciliate
verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 To acquire, to procure. obsolete, transitive
"Frankneſs and openneſs conciliate confidence. We truſt the man who ſeems willing to truſt us."
- 2 make (one thing) compatible with (another) wordnet
- 3 To reconcile (discordant theories, demands etc.); to make compatible, bring together. archaic, transitive
"It must surely then happen, to a much greater degree, in a great nation, whose government is suddenly dissolved by the resolution of the people; and which, in taking a new form, has so many jarring interests to conciliate […]."
- 4 come to terms wordnet
- 5 To make calm and content, or regain the goodwill of; to placate; to propitiate. transitive
"`Surely, my father,' I answered courteously, feeling certain that I should do well to conciliate this ancient Mammon of Unrighteousness."
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- 6 cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of wordnet
- 7 To mediate in a dispute. intransitive
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More examples"An independent advisor has been brought in to conciliate between the unions and the employer."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conciliātus, perfect passive participle of conciliō (“I unite”), from concilium (“council, meeting”).
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