[syn: resign, reconcile, submit]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Propitious now and reconciled by prayer. --Dryden.
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The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be
reconciled [i.e., restored to sanctity] by the
bishop. --Chaucer.
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We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God. --2 Cor.
v. 20.
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2. To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission;
as, to reconcile one's self to affictions.
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3. To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or
suitableness; -- followed by with or to.
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The great men among the ancients understood how to
reconcile manual labor with affairs of state.
--Locke.
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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.
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4. To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.
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Syn: To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify;
appease.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reconcile \Rec"on*cile`\, v. i.
To become reconciled. [Obs.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
reconcile
v 1: make (one thing) compatible with (another); "The scientists
had to accommodate the new results with the existing
theories" [syn: accommodate, reconcile, conciliate]
2: bring into consonance or accord; "harmonize one's goals with
one's abilities" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, reconcile]
3: come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
[syn: reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate,
settle]
4: accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate" [syn:
resign, reconcile, submit]