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  • adjective conciliatory

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  • Cupedia vero, placentae, bellaria, commentaque alia curiosa pistorum et coquorum, gustui servientium conciliant morbos tum corpori tum animo insanibiles.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Immodicae laudes conciliant invidiam, potius quam laudem, and vain commendations derogate from truth, and we think in conclusion, non melius de laudato, pejus de laudante, ill of both, the commender and commended.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Nous nous devons, A nous-memes et A nos enfants, de vaincre les difficultes actuelles en conciliant notre unite et notre diversite de facon creative.

    Transport in Canada and National Unity 1992

  • Unctionis ritu peracto, abiturientes, ne forte a maritis in lectis desiderantur, vel per incantationem somnum, aurem nimirum vellicando dextra manu prius praedicto unguine illita, conciliant maritis ex quo non facile possunt excitari; vel daemones personas quasdam dormientibus adumbrant, quas, si contigeret expergisci, suas uxores esse putarent; vel interea alius daemon in forma succubi ad latus maritorum adjungitur qui loco uxoris est ....

    Among My Books First Series James Russell Lowell 1855

  • Does he have a choice? the rest of his ilk still believes they can 'strike terror in the hearts of the infidels' or achieve it by outbreeding (they're not doing badly) but make no mistake, Ramadan may sound conciliant, but a reformer he is not, anything but!

    Jihad Watch 2008

  • Opeshodiecoelos aperiunt, inferos claudunt, ftultis autoritatem, prophanis ho - norem conciliant: expugnanturbes, Ieges corrumpunr, pudi - citiamacfidem proftituunt.

    Iani Iacobi Boissardi vesvntini Emblematum liber 1593

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