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conciliate

/ˌkənˈsɪlieɪt/

conciliate verb: to acquire, to procure.

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Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To acquire, to procure.
    • Frankneſs and openneſs conciliate confidence. We truſt the man who ſeems willing to truſt us.1790, Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments; […] In Two Volumes, 6th edition, volume II, London: […] A[ndrew] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell […]; Edinburgh: W[illiam] Creech, and J. Bell & Co....
  2. (archaic, transitive) To reconcile (discordant theories, demands etc.); to make compatible, bring together.
    • It must surely then happen, to a much greater degree, in a great nation, whose government is suddenly dissolved by the resolution of the people; and which, in taking a new form, has so many jarring interests to conciliate […].1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 324
  3. (transitive) To make calm and content, or regain the goodwill of; to placate; to propitiate.
    • `Surely, my father,' I answered courteously, feeling certain that I should do well to conciliate this ancient Mammon of Unrighteousness.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
  4. (intransitive) To mediate in a dispute.

conciliate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

conciliate in Tamil

இணக்கப்படுவது, சந்து செய்வி, சரி செய்திணை, தன் வயப்படுத்திக்கொள், நட்பினராக்கு, நன்மதிப்புப் பெறு

conciliate in Urdu

منانا, راضی کرنا

conciliate in Bengali

শান্ত করা, সমঝোতা করা

conciliate in Malayalam

ഇണക്കുക, അനുരഞ്ജിപ്പിക്കുക, അനുനയിപ്പിക്കുക
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conciliate in Kannada
ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಗೊಳಿಸು, ಗೆಡೆಗೊಳ್ಳು, ಗೆಡೆಮಾಡು, ಸಂಧಾನಮಾಡು

Forms of conciliate

third-person singular presentconciliates
present participleconciliating
past participleconciliated
pastconciliated

Origin of conciliate

Borrowed from Latin conciliātus, perfect passive participle of conciliō (“to unite”), from concilium (“council, meeting”).

Words formed from conciliate

Questions about conciliate

What does conciliate mean?
Conciliate means to acquire, to procure.
What is conciliate in Tamil?
Conciliate in Tamil is இணக்கப்படுவது, சந்து செய்வி, சரி செய்திணை. See Conciliate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is conciliate?
Conciliate is a verb.
How do you pronounce conciliate?
Conciliate is pronounced /ˌkənˈsɪlieɪt/.
What is the past tense of conciliate?
The past tense of conciliate is conciliated.

Words near conciliate in the dictionary

  1. conciliarist
  2. conciliarists
  3. conciliarity
  4. conciliarly
  5. conciliary
  6. conciliate
  7. conciliated
  8. conciliates
  9. conciliating
  10. conciliatingly
  11. conciliation

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: conciliate (page history and authors); conciliate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conciliate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conciliate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conciliate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conciliate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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