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verb, -ciled, -cil⋅ing.| 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. |
| 7. | to become reconciled. |
rec·on·cile (rěk'ən-sīl') v. rec·on·ciled, rec·on·cil·ing, rec·on·ciles v. tr.
[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. |