Definitions of conciliate [ənˈsɪl iˌeɪt]

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Definition of 'conciliate'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) conciliate
to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over:
to conciliate an angry competitor.

2. conciliate
to win or gain (goodwill, regard, or favor).

3. conciliate
to make compatible; reconcile.

4. (v.i.) conciliate
to become agreeable or reconciled.

Etymology: (1540–50; < L conciliātus, ptp. of conciliāre to bring together, unite, der. of conciliumcouncil)

Definition of 'conciliate'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
"She managed to mollify the angry customer"

2. (verb) reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
come to terms
"After some discussion we finally made up"

3. (verb) accommodate, reconcile, conciliate
make (one thing) compatible with (another)
"The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"

Definition of 'conciliate'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) conciliate
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

Translation of 'conciliate'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to win over or regain the support, friendship etc of.
Afrikaans: versoen; oorhaal; gunstig	Arabic: يُوَفَّق بَيْن	Bulgarian: спечелвам благоразположен
Brazilian: conciliar	Czech: získat	German: versöhnen
Danish: forsone; formilde	Greek: συμβιβάζω	Spanish: conciliar
Estonian: lepitama	Farsi: دل کسی را بدست آوردن	Finnish: sovitella
French: se concilier	Hebrew: לִזכּוֹת בְּאַהֲדָה	Hindi: फिर से शांति, दोस्ती, इत्
Croatian: pomiriti se, steći ljubav	Hungarian: kibékít	Indonesian: mendapat dukungan
Icelandic: friða, fá á sitt band	Italian: conciliare	Japanese: なだめる
Korean: 달래다, 회유하다	Lithuanian: (vėl) palenkti į save, su	Latvian: iemantot uzticību; samier
Malay: menenteramkan	Dutch: verzoenen	Norwegian: vinne, forsone, forlike
Polish: pozyskiwać	Persian: دل کسی را بدست آوردن	Pashto: پخلاكول، دلاساكول: روغه ك
Portuguese: conciliar	Romanian: a recâştiga; a concilia	Russian: располагать (к себе)
Slovak: získať	Slovenian: spraviti (se)	Serbian: pomiriti se
Swedish: blidka, försona	Thai: ทำให้เป็นมิตร	Turkish: gönlünü almak/yapmak; güv
Taiwanese: 贏得或重獲(支持或友誼)	Ukrainian: примиряти; погоджувати	Urdu: ہمدردی حاصل کرنا ، ہاتھ م
Vietnamese: xoa dịu	Chinese: 赢得（支持）
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