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rec·on·cile       [rek-uhn-sahyl] Pronunciation Key verb, -ciled, -cil·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
2.to win over to friendliness; cause to become amicable: to reconcile hostile persons.
3.to compose or settle (a quarrel, dispute, etc.).
4.to bring into agreement or harmony; make compatible or consistent: to reconcile differing statements; to reconcile accounts.
5.to reconsecrate (a desecrated church, cemetery, etc.).
6.to restore (an excommunicate or penitent) to communion in a church.
–verb (used without object)
7.to become reconciled.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME reconcilen < L reconciliāre to make good again, repair. See re-, conciliate]

—Related forms
rec·on·cile·ment, noun
rec·on·cil·er, noun
rec·on·cil·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 2. pacify, propitiate, placate. 4. harmonize.
—Antonyms 3. anger.
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rec·on·cile       (rěk'ən-sīl')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   rec·on·ciled, rec·on·cil·ing, rec·on·ciles

v.   tr.
  1. To reestablish a close relationship between.
  2. To settle or resolve.
  3. To bring (oneself) to accept: He finally reconciled himself to the change in management.
  4. To make compatible or consistent: reconcile my way of thinking with yours. See Synonyms at adapt.

v.   intr.
  1. To reestablish a close relationship, as in marriage: The estranged couple reconciled after a year.
  2. To become compatible or consistent: The figures would not reconcile.


[Middle English reconcilen, from Old French reconcilier, from Latin reconciliāre : re-, re- + conciliāre, to conciliate; see conciliate.]

rec'on·cile'ment n., rec'on·cil'er n., rec'on·cil'i·a·to'ry (-sĭl'ē-ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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reconciled

adjective
made compatible or consistent 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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