RECONCILE

verb (-ciled; -ciling) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French ~r, from Latin reconciliare, from re- + conciliare to conciliate Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to restore to friendship or harmony , settle , resolve , to make consistent or congruous , to cause to submit to or accept something unpleasant , 4. to check (a financial account) against another for accuracy, to account for, intransitive verb to become ~d, see: adapt reconcilability noun reconcilable adjective ~ment noun ~r noun