Definition of conciliate Conciliate
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What does conciliate mean?
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| conciliate - cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" | ||
| pacify, lenify, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle | ||
| quiet, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm down, lull, quieten, calm, still become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment" | ||
| conciliate - come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" | ||
| reconcile, patch up, make up, settle | ||
| concur, concord, agree, hold happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided" | ||
| propitiate, appease make peace with | ||
| make peace end hostilities; "The brothers who had been fighting over their inheritance finally made peace" | ||
| conciliate - make (one thing) compatible with (another); "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories" | ||
| accommodate, reconcile | ||
| harmonise, harmonize bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing | ||
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Wiktionary 
- conciliate (Verb)
Make calm and content; placate. - conciliate (Verb)
Mediate in a dispute.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- conciliate (v. t.)
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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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conciliate
Make calm and content. -
conciliate
To mediate in a dispute.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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conciliate
kon-sil′i-āt, v.t. to gain, or win over: to gain the love or good-will of such as have been indifferent or hostile: to pacify.—v.i. to make friends.—adj. Concil′iable (obs.).—n. Conciliā′tion, act of conciliating.—adj. Concil′iātive.—n. Concil′iātor.—adj. Concil′iatory. [L. conciliāre, -ātum—concilium, council.]
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🔤- conciliate, verb, present, 1st person singular of conciliate (infinitive).
- conciliate, verb (infinitive).
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