Rĕc'on-çīle'1, v. t.
(110), v. t. [imp. & p. p. RECONCILED; p. pr. & vb. n. RECONCILING.] [Fr. réconcilier, Pr., Sp., & Pg. reconciliar, It. reconciliare, riconciliare, Lat. reconciliare, from re, again, back, and conciliare, to bring together, to unite. See CONCILIATE.]
Sense 1. To conciliate anew; to restore to union and friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; to restore to friendship or favor after estrangement; as, to reconcile men or parties that have been at variance. “Propitious now, and reconciled by prayer.” Dryden.
We pray you, in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. 2 Cor. v. 20.
Sense 2. To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one’s self to afflictions.
Sense 3. To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; — followed by with or to.
The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labor with affairs of state. Locke.
Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear, Considered singly, or beheld too near; Which, but proportioned to their light and place, Due distance reconciles to form and grace. Pope.
Sense 4. To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences or quarrels.
Synonyms— To reunite; conciliate; propitiate; pacify; appease.