From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conciliate
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}]
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