n. The quality or state of being irreconcilable; irreconcilableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ir- not + reconcilable: cf. F. irréconciliable. ] Not reconcilable; not able to be reconciled or brought into accord; implacable; incompatible; inconsistent; disagreeing; as, irreconcilable enemies, statements. -- Ir*rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness, n. -- Ir*rec"on*ci`la*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being unreconciled; disagreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of reconciliation; disagreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. réconciliable. ] Capable of being reconciled; as, reconcilable adversaries; an act reconciable with previous acts. [ 1913 Webster ]

The different accounts of the numbers of ships are reconcilable. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness, n. -- Rec"on*ci`la*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reconciled p. pr. & vb. n. Reconciling. ] [ F. réconcilier, L. reconciliare; pref. re- re- + conciliare to bring together, to unite. See Conciliate. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Propitious now and reconciled by prayer. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The church [ if defiled ] is interdicted till it be reconciled [ i.e., restored to sanctity ] by the bishop. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God. 2 Cor. v. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to affictions. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; -- followed by with or to. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labor with affairs of state. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify; appease. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become reconciled. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Reconciliation. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reconciles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. réconciliation, L. reconciliatio. ] 1. The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. S. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony. [ 1913 Webster ]

A clear and easy reconciliation of those seeming inconsistencies of Scripture. D. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Reconcilement; reunion; pacification; appeasement; propitiation; atonement; expiation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving or tending to reconcile. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

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