conciliate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkənˈsɪlieɪt/

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Verb

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

1. (transitive, obsolete) To acquire, to procure.
   • 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., →OCLC, part VII, section IV (Of the Manner in which Different Authors have Treated of the Practical Rules of Morality), page 387:

     Frankneſs and openneſs conciliate confidence. We truſt the man who ſeems willing to truſt us.

2. (transitive, now rare) To reconcile (discordant theories, demands etc.); to make compatible, bring together.
   • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 324:

     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 […] .

3. (transitive) To make calm and content, or regain the goodwill of; to placate.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     `Surely, my father,' I answered courteously, feeling certain that I should do well to conciliate this ancient Mammon of Unrighteousness.

4. (intransitive) To mediate in a dispute.

Derived terms

• conciliatory

Related terms

• conciliation
• council
• reconcile, reconciliate

Translations

make calm and content

• Aromanian: mbunedzu
• Bulgarian: успокоявам (bg) (uspokojavam), умиротворявам (bg) (umirotvorjavam)
• Esperanto: akordigi
• Galician: conciliar (gl)
• German: beschwichtigen (de)
• Greek: συμφιλιώνω (el) (symfilióno), συμβιβάζω (el) (symvivázo), συνδιαλλάττω (syndiallátto)

  Ancient: ἱλάσκομαι (hiláskomai)

• Maori: whakaepaepa, tāpore, whakahere (With a gift or offering)
• Romanian: concilia (ro), îmbuna (ro)
• Spanish: apaciguar (es), conciliar (es)

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

conciliate

1. inflection of conciliare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

conciliate f pl

1. feminine plural of conciliato

Latin

Verb

conciliāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of conciliō

Spanish

Verb

conciliate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of conciliar combined with te