Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reconciled"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Reconcile \Rec"on*cile`\ (-s?l`), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Reconciled} (-s?ld`); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reconciling}.] [F.
r['e]concilier, L. reconciliare; pref. re- re- + conciliare
to bring together, to unite. See {Conciliate}.]
1. To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to
restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause
to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who
have quarreled.

Propitious now and reconciled by prayer. --Dryden.

The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be
reconciled [i.e., restored to sanctity] by the
bishop. --Chaucer.

We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God. --2 Cor.
v. 20.

2. To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission;
as, to reconcile one's self to affictions.

3. To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or
suitableness; -- followed by with or to.

The great men among the ancients understood how to
reconcile manual labor with affairs of state.
--Locke.

Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear,
Considered singly, or beheld too near; Which, but
proportioned to their light or place, Due distance
reconciles to form and grace. --Pope.

4. To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.

Syn: To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify;
appease.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

reconciled
adj 1: (followed by `to') no longer opposed; "after a time she
became reconciled even to diplomatic receptions" [ant:
{unreconciled}]
2: made compatible or consistent


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