[rec.on.cile] vb -ciled ; -cil.ing [ME, fr. MF or L; MF reconcilier, fr. L reconciliare, fr. re- + conciliare to conciliate] vt (14c) 1 a: to restore to friendship or harmony "reconciled the factions" b: settle, resolve "~ differences"
2: to make consistent or congruous "~ an ideal with reality"
3: to cause to submit to or accept something unpleasant "was reconciled to hardship"
4. a: to check (a financial account) against another for accuracy b: to account for ~ vi: to become reconciled syn see adapt -- rec.on.cil.abil.i.ty n -- rec.on.cil.able adj -- rec.on.cile.ment n -- rec.on.cil.er n