Con-cĭl'i-āte, v. t.

(kon-sĭl'/ĭ-āt) (Synop., §130), v. t. [imp. & p. p. CONCILIATED; p. pr. & vb. n. CONCILIATING.] [Lat. conciliatus, p. p. of conciliare, to draw or bring together, to unite, from concilium, council, q. v.] To win over; to gain from a state of indifference or hostility.

The capacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation. Hallam.