RECONCILE


Meaning of RECONCILE in English

v.tr.

1. make friendly again after an estrangement.

2 (usu. in refl. or passive; foll. by to) make acquiescent or contentedly submissive to (something disagreeable or unwelcome) (was reconciled to failure).

3 settle (a quarrel etc.).

4 a harmonize; make compatible. b show the compatibility of by argument or in practice (cannot reconcile your views with the facts).

Derivatives:

reconcilable adj. reconcilability n. reconcilement n. reconciler n. reconciliation n. reconciliatory adj.

Etymology: ME f. OF reconcilier or L reconciliare (as RE-, conciliare CONCILIATE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.