reconcile Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb make (one thing) compatible with (another)
accommodate; conciliate.
- The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories
verb bring into consonance or accord
harmonize; harmonise.
- harmonize one's goals with one's abilities
verb come to terms
make up; patch up; settle; conciliate.
- After some discussion we finally made up
verb accept as inevitable
submit; resign.
- He resigned himself to his fate

F. réconcilier, L. reconciliare; pref. re- re- + conciliare to bring together, to unite. See Conciliate.

imperfect & past participle Reconciled present participle & verbal noun Reconciling

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.
Propitious now and reconciled by prayer. Dryden.

The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be reconciled [i.e., restored to sanctity] by the bishop. Chaucer.

We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God. 2 Cor. v. 20.
To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to affictions.
To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; -- followed by with or to.
The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labor with affairs of state. Locke.

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.
To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences. Syn. -- To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify; appease.