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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.
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Propitious now and reconciled by prayer. --Dryden.
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The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be
reconciled [i.e., restored to sanctity] by the
bishop. --Chaucer.
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We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God. --2 Cor.
v. 20.
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2. To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission;
as, to reconcile one's self to affictions.
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3. To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or
suitableness; -- followed by with or to.
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The great men among the ancients understood how to
reconcile manual labor with affairs of state.
--Locke.
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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.
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4. To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.
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Syn: To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify;
appease.
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Reconcile \Rec"on*cile`\, v. i.
To become reconciled. [Obs.]
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