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conciliate vt. 安抚,驯服,怀柔,调和 安抚,驯服,怀柔,调和 conciliate v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; " She managed to mollify the angry customer" [ synonym: { pacify}, { lenify}, { conciliate}, { assuage}, { appease}, { mollify}, { placate}, { gentle}, { gruntle}] 2: come to terms; " After some discussion we finally made up" [ synonym: { reconcile}, { patch up}, { make up}, { conciliate}, { settle}] 3: make ( one thing) compatible with ( another); " The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories" [ synonym: { accommodate}, { reconcile}, { conciliate}] Conciliate \ Con* cil" i* ate\ (?; 106), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Conciliated}; p. pr & vb. n. { Conciliating}.] [ L. conciliatus, p. p. of conciliare to draw or bring together, unite, from concilium council. See { Council}.] 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. [ 1913 Webster] The rapacity of his father' s administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation. -- Hallam. Syn: To reconcile; propitiate; appease; pacify. [ 1913 Webster] 18 Moby Thesaurus words for " conciliate": allay, appease, calm, cool, defuse, dulcify, lay, lay the dust, mollify, pacify, placate, pour balm on, propitiate, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, soothe, tranquilize
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