 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
conciliate
verb
1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
"She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: {pacify},
{lenify}, {assuage}, {appease}, {mollify}, {placate}, {gentle},
{gruntle}]
2: come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
[syn: {reconcile}, {patch up}, {make up}, {settle}]
3: make compatible with; "The scientists had to accommodate the
new results with the existing theories" [syn: {accommodate},
{reconcile}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Conciliate \Con*cil"i*ate\ (?; 106), verb (used with an object) [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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "conciliate":
allay, appease, calm, cool, defuse, dulcify, lay, lay the dust,
mollify, pacify, placate, pour balm on, propitiate, smooth,
smooth down, smooth over, soothe, tranquilize
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