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con⋅cil⋅i⋅ate

  [kuhn-sil-ee-eyt] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
Use conciliate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over: to conciliate an angry competitor.
2. to win or gain (goodwill, regard, or favor).
3. to make compatible; reconcile.
–verb (used without object)
4. to become agreeable or reconciled: Efforts to conciliate in the dispute proved fruitless.
Origin:
1540–50; < L conciliātus (ptp. of conciliāre to bring together, unite, equiv. to concili(um) council + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
con⋅cil⋅i⋅a⋅ble  [kuhn-sil-ee-uh-buhl] , adjective
con⋅cil⋅i⋅at⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
con⋅cil⋅i⋅a⋅tion, noun

Synonyms:
1. See appease.
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con·cil·i·ate   (kən-sĭl'ē-āt')   
v.   con·cil·i·at·ed, con·cil·i·at·ing, con·cil·i·ates

v.   tr.
  1. To overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease.
  2. To regain or try to regain (friendship or goodwill) by pleasant behavior.
  3. To make or attempt to make compatible; reconcile.
v.   intr.
To gain or try to gain someone's friendship or goodwill. See Synonyms at pacify.

[Latin conciliāre, conciliāt-, from concilium, meeting; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
con·cil'i·a·ble (-ə-bəl) adj., con·cil'i·a'tion n., con·cil'i·a'tor n., con·cil'i·a·to'ry (-ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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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.

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : conciliate
Spanish: conciliar,
German: versöhnen,
Japanese: なだめる
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conciliate 
1545, from L. conciliatus, pp. of conciliare "to bring together, unite in feelings, make friendly," from concilium "council" (see council).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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