01 v. t. To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance…
imp. & p. p.
Reconciled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Reconciling
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1.
To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled.“Propitious now and reconciled by prayer.” — Dryden.“The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be reconciled [i.e., restored to sanctity] by the bishop.” — Chaucer.“We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God.” — 2 Cor. v. 20.
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2.
To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to affictions.
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3.
To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; -- followed by with or to.“The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labor with affairs of state.” — Locke.“Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear, Considered singly, or beheld too near; Which, but proportioned to their light or place, Due distance reconciles to form and grace.” — Pope.
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4.
To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.
Syn.
To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify; appease.