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reconciled |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. 2. To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as to reconcile one's self to affictions. 3. 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. 4. To adjust to settle; as to reconcile differences. Syn: To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify; appease. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: reconciled adj 1: (followed by `to') no longer opposed; "after a time she became reconciled even to diplomatic receptions" [ant: {unreconciled}] 2: made compatible or consistent
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