conciliate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conciliātus, perfect passive participle of conciliō (“I unite”), from concilium (“council, meeting”).

verb

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To acquire, to procure.
  2. (transitive, now rare) To reconcile (discordant theories, demands etc.); to make compatible, bring together.
    It must surely then happen, to a much greater degree, in a great nation, whose government is suddenly dissolved by the resolution of the people; and which, in taking a new form, has so many jarring interests to conciliate […]. 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 324
  3. (transitive) To make calm and content, or regain the goodwill of; to placate.
  4. (intransitive) To mediate in a dispute.

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