conciliate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: conciliate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for conciliate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conciliate v cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" Synonym(s): pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" Synonym(s): reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle make (one thing) compatible with (another); "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories" Synonym(s): accommodate, reconcile, conciliate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conciliate \Concil"iate\ (?; 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.