conciliate

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
18
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˌkənˈsɪlieɪt/

Definition of conciliate

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To acquire, to procure.
    “Frankneſs and openneſs conciliate confidence. We truſt the man who ſeems willing to truſt us.”
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verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To acquire, to procure.
    “Frankneſs and openneſs conciliate confidence. We truſt the man who ſeems willing to truſt us.”
  2. (archaic, transitive)To reconcile (discordant theories, demands etc.); to make compatible, bring together.
    “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 […].”
  3. (transitive)To make calm and content, or regain the goodwill of; to placate; to propitiate.
    “`Surely, my father,' I answered courteously, feeling certain that I should do well to conciliate this ancient Mammon of Unrighteousness.”
  4. (intransitive)To mediate in a dispute.

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Etymology

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

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