conciliate
verb/ˌkənˈsɪlieɪt/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin conciliātus, perfect passive participle of conciliō (“to unite”), from concilium (“council, meeting”).
1
Obsolete To acquire, to procure.
- Frankneſs and openneſs conciliate confidence. We truſt the man who ſeems willing to truſt us.1790, Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments; […] In Two Volumes, 6th edition, volume II, London: […] A[ndrew] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell […]; Edinburgh: W[illiam] Creech, and J. Bell & Co., →OCLC, part VII, section IV (Of the Manner in which Different Authors have Treated of the Practical Rules of Morality), page 387:
2
Archaic To reconcile (discordant theories, demands etc.); to make compatible, bring together.
- It must surely then happen, to a much greater degree, in a great nation, whose government is suddenly dissolved by the resolution of the people; and which, in taking a new form, has so many jarring interests to conciliate […].1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 324:
3
To make calm and content, or regain the goodwill of; to placate; to propitiate.
- `Surely, my father,' I answered courteously, feeling certain that I should do well to conciliate this ancient Mammon of Unrighteousness.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
4
To mediate in a dispute.
- Derived terms
- conciliatingly, conciliative, conciliator, conciliatory, nonconciliating, unconciliated, unconciliating
- Related terms
- conciliation, council, reconcile, reconciliate