— conciliable /keuhn sil"ee euh beuhl/ , adj. — conciliatingly , adv. — conciliation , n.
/keuhn sil"ee ayt'/ , v. , conciliated, conciliating .
v.t.
1. to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over: to conciliate an angry competitor.
2. to win or gain (goodwill, regard, or favor).
3. to make compatible; reconcile.
v.i.
4. to become agreeable or reconciled: Efforts to conciliate in the dispute proved fruitless.
[ 1540-50; conciliatus (ptp. of conciliare to bring together, unite, equiv. to concili ( um ) COUNCIL + -atus -ATE 1 ]
Syn. 1. See appease .