'Reconcile' definitions:
Definition of 'reconcile'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make (one thing) compatible with (another); "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories" [syn: accommodate, reconcile, conciliate]
verb
Bring into consonance or accord; "harmonize one's goals with one's abilities" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, reconcile]
verb
Come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" [syn: reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle]
verb
Definition of 'Reconcile'
From: GCIDE
- Reconcile \Rec"on*cile`\ (-s?l`), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reconciled (-s?ld`); p. pr. & vb. n. Reconciling.] [F. r['e]concilier, L. reconciliare; pref. re- re- + conciliare to bring together, to unite. See Conciliate.]
- 1. To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled. [1913 Webster]
- Propitious now and reconciled by prayer. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be reconciled [i.e., restored to sanctity] by the bishop. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God. --2 Cor. v. 20. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to affictions. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; -- followed by with or to. [1913 Webster]
- The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labor with affairs of state. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear, Considered singly, or beheld too near; Which, but proportioned to their light or place, Due distance reconciles to form and grace. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify; appease. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reconcile'
From: GCIDE
- Reconcile \Rec"on*cile`\, v. i. To become reconciled. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reconcile'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accept,
- accommodate,
- accommodate with,
- accord,
- adapt,
- adapt to,
- adjust,
- adjust to,
- agree with,
- arrange matters,
- assimilate,
- assimilate to,
- attune,
- be guided by,
- bend,
- bring to terms,
- bring together,
- bury the hatchet,
- chime in with,
- comply,
- comply with,
- compose,
- compromise,
- condone,
- conform,
- coordinate,
- correct,
- correspond,
- countenance,
- cut to,
- discipline,
- equalize,
- fall in with,
- fit,
- fix,
- fix up,
- follow,
- gear to,
- go by,
- grin and abide,
- harmonize,
- heal the breach,
- homologate,
- homologize,
- integrate,
- key to,
- let go by,
- let pass,
- make conform,
- make peace,
- make plumb,
- make uniform,
- measure,
- mediate,
- meet,
- mold,
- obey,
- observe,
- overlook,
- patch things up,
- placate,
- proportion,
- put in tune,
- quadrate,
- rectify,
- regulate,
- resign,
- resolve,
- restore harmony,
- reunite,
- right,
- rise above,
- rub off corners,
- set,
- set right,
- settle,
- settle differences,
- shape,
- shrug,
- shrug it off,
- similarize,
- smooth it over,
- square,
- straighten,
- submit,
- submit to,
- suit,
- sync,
- synchronize,
- tailor,
- tally with,
- trim to,
- true,
- true up,
- tune,
- unite,
- weave peace between,
- yield,
- yield to