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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
conciliating
adj : overcoming animosity or hostility; "spoke in a conciliating
tone"; "a conciliatory visit" [syn: {conciliatory}, {conciliative}]
[ant: {antagonizing}]
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