conciliate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
    gruntle; placate; appease; assuage; gentle; pacify; mollify; lenify.
    • She managed to mollify the angry customer
  2. verb come to terms
    make up; patch up; settle; reconcile.
    • After some discussion we finally made up
  3. verb make (one thing) compatible with (another)
    accommodate; reconcile.
    • The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories

WordNet

Con*cil"i*ate transitive verb
Etymology
L. conciliatus, p. p. of conciliare to draw or bring together, unite, from concilium council. See Council.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Conciliated; present participle & verbal noun Conciliating
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913