conciliate

English

Etymology

Latin conciliare 'combine, gain', from concilium 'assembly'.

Pronunciation

• IPA:/kɒnsɪlieɪt/

Verb

conciliate (third-person singular simple present conciliates, present participle conciliating, simple past and past participle conciliated)

1. Make calm and content; placate.
2. Mediate in a dispute.

Quotations

• 1759 — Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments, page 337

  Frankness and openness conciliate confidence.

Derived terms

• conciliatory

Translations

Translations

Bulgarian: успокоявам, умиротворявам Greek: συμφιλιώνω (el) (symfilióno), συμβιβάζω (el) (symvivázo), συνδιαλλάττω (el) (syndiallátto)

Spanish: apaciguar (es), conciliar (es)

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Italian

Verb

conciliate

1. second-person plural present indicative of conciliare
2. second-person plural imperative of conciliare
3. second-person plural present subjunctive of conciliare
4. Feminine plural of conciliato

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Latin

Verb

conciliāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of conciliō