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Definition of conciliate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

conciliate

verb
 
/kənˈsɪlieɪt/
 
/kənˈsɪlieɪt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they conciliate
 
/kənˈsɪlieɪt/
 
/kənˈsɪlieɪt/
he / she / it conciliates
 
/kənˈsɪlieɪts/
 
/kənˈsɪlieɪts/
past simple conciliated
 
/kənˈsɪlieɪtɪd/
 
/kənˈsɪlieɪtɪd/
past participle conciliated
 
/kənˈsɪlieɪtɪd/
 
/kənˈsɪlieɪtɪd/
-ing form conciliating
 
/kənˈsɪlieɪtɪŋ/
 
/kənˈsɪlieɪtɪŋ/
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  1. conciliate somebody to make somebody less angry or more friendly, especially by being kind and pleasant or by giving them something synonym pacifyTopics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally meaning ‘to gain’): from Latin conciliat- ‘combined, gained’, from the verb conciliare, from concilium ‘convocation, assembly’, from con- ‘together’ + calare ‘summon’.
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adverb
 
 
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