conciliate
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin conciliare 'combine, gain', from concilium 'assembly'.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA:/kɒnsɪlieɪt/
Verb [edit]
conciliate (third-person singular simple present conciliates, present participle conciliating, simple past and past participle conciliated)
- Make calm and content; placate.
- Mediate in a dispute.
Quotations [edit]
- 1759 — Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments, page 337
- Frankness and openness conciliate confidence.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
make calm and content
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Italian [edit]
Verb [edit]
conciliate
- second-person plural present indicative of conciliare
- second-person plural imperative of conciliare
- second-person plural present subjunctive of conciliare
- Feminine plural of conciliato
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
conciliāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of conciliō