Rec"on*cile` , v. i. To become reconciled. [Obs.]
Rec"on*cile` (-s?l`),
v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reconciled (-s?ld`);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Reconciling.]
[F. réconcilier, 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.
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