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Reconcile

Reconcile Meaning & Definition
Reconcile Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Reconcile?

[v] bring into consonance or accord; "harmonize one's goals with one's abilities"
[v] make compatible with; "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"
[v] accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"
[v] come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Reconcile: accommodate | conciliate | conciliate | harmonise | harmonize | make up | patch up | resign | settle | submit

Related Terms | Find terms related to Reconcile:

See Also | accept | adjust | agree | appease | concord | concur | hold | key | make peace | propitiate | set

Reconcile In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\Rec"on*cile`\, v. i. To become reconciled. [Obs.]

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