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Conciliate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONCILIATE, v.t. [L. To draw or bring together, to unite; Gr. To call. The primary sense of the root is to strain, stretch,, drive or draw. Calling is a straining or driving of voice. See Class Gl. No. 32. 36. 48. 49. And See Council.]
1. To lead or draw to, by moral influence or power; to win, gain or engae, as the affections, favor or good will; as, politeness and hospitality conciliate affection.
2. To reconcile, or bring to a state of friendship, as persons at variance. We say, an attempt has been made to conciliate the contending parties.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle]
2: come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" [syn: reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle]
3: make (one thing) compatible with (another); "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories" [syn: accommodate, reconcile, conciliate]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Latin conciliatus, past participle of conciliare to assemble, unite, win over, from concilium assembly, council — more at council Date: 1545 transitive verb 1. to gain (as goodwill) by pleasing acts 2. to make compatible ; reconcile 3. appease intransitive verb to become friendly or agreeable Synonyms: see pacify • conciliation noun • conciliative adjective • conciliator noun • conciliatory adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 make calm and amenable; pacify. 2 gain (esteem or goodwill). 3 archaic reconcile, make compatible. Derivatives: conciliative adj. conciliator n. conciliatory adj. conciliatoriness n. Etymology: L conciliare combine, gain (concilium council)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Conciliate Con*cil"i*ate (?; 106), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conciliated; p. pr & vb. n. Conciliating.] [L. conciliatus, p. p. of conciliare to draw or bring together, unite, from concilium council. See Council.] 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. The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation. --Hallam. Syn: To reconcile; propitiate; appease; pacify.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(conciliates, conciliating, conciliated) If you conciliate someone, you try to end a disagreement with them. (FORMAL) His duty was to conciliate the people, not to provoke them... The President has a strong political urge to conciliate... He spoke in a low, nervous, conciliating voice. VERB: V n, V, V-ing

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Propitiate, reconcile, pacify, appease. 2. Win, gain, engage, secure, draw over, win over.

Moby Thesaurus

allay, appease, calm, cool, defuse, dulcify, lay, lay the dust, mollify, pacify, placate, pour balm on, propitiate, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, soothe, tranquilize