Conciliate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           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.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  conciliate
       v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
            "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: {pacify},
             {lenify}, {assuage}, {appease}, {mollify}, {placate}, {gentle},
             {gruntle}]
       2: come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
          [syn: {reconcile}, {patch up}, {make up}, {settle}]
       3: make compatible with; "The scientists had to accommodate the
          new results with the existing theories" [syn: {accommodate},
           {reconcile}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "conciliate":
     allay, appease, calm, cool, defuse, dulcify, lay, lay the dust,
     mollify, pacify, placate, pour balm on, propitiate, smooth,
     smooth down, smooth over, soothe, tranquilize