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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease.
  2. v. To regain or try to regain (friendship or goodwill) by pleasant behavior.
  3. v. To make or attempt to make compatible; reconcile.
  4. v. To gain or try to gain someone's friendship or goodwill. See Synonyms at pacify.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To overcome the distrust or hostility of, by soothing and pacifying means; induce friendly and kindly feelings in; pacify; placate; soothe; win over.
  2. To induce, draw, or secure by something adapted to attract regard or favor; win; gain; engage.
  3. Synonyms To win over, propitiate, appease. See reconcile.

Wiktionary

  1. v. Make calm and content; placate.
  2. v. Mediate in a dispute.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. come to terms
  2. v. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
  3. v. make (one thing) compatible with (another)

Etymologies

  1. Latin conciliare 'combine, gain', from concilium 'assembly'. (Wiktionary)
  2. Latin conciliāre, conciliāt-, from concilium, meeting; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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