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Conciliate

//ˌkənˈsɪlieɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To acquire, to procure. obsolete, transitive

    "Frankneſs and openneſs conciliate confidence. We truſt the man who ſeems willing to truſt us."

  2. 2
    make (one thing) compatible with (another) wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    come to terms wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of wordnet
  2. 7
    To mediate in a dispute. intransitive

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conciliātus, perfect passive participle of conciliō (“I unite”), from concilium (“council, meeting”).

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