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conciliate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'conciliate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Conciliate [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'conciliate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . conciliate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- come to terms
Example in sentence:
  • After some discussion we finally made up
Meaning (2):
- cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
Example in sentence:
  • She managed to mollify the angry customer
Meaning (3):
- make (one thing) compatible with (another)
Example in sentence:
  • The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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