'Conciliate' definitions:
Definition of 'conciliate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle]
verb
Come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" [syn: reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle]
verb
Make (one thing) compatible with (another); "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories" [syn: accommodate, reconcile, conciliate]
Definition of 'Conciliate'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'conciliate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allay,
- appease,
- calm,
- cool,
- defuse,
- dulcify,
- lay,
- lay the dust,
- mollify,
- pacify,
- placate,
- pour balm on,
- propitiate,
- smooth,
- smooth down,
- smooth over,
- soothe,
- tranquilize