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Rec"on*cile` (-s?l`), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reconciled (-s?ld`); p. pr. & vb. n. Reconciling.] [F. réconcilier, L. reconciliare; pref. re- re- + conciliare to bring together, to unite. See Conciliate.] 1. To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled.
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Propitious now and reconciled by prayer. Dryden.
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The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be reconciled [i.e., restored to sanctity] by the bishop. Chaucer.
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We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God. 2 Cor. v. 20.
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2. To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to affictions.
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3. To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; -- followed by with or to.
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The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labor with affairs of state. Locke.
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Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear,
Considered singly, or beheld too near;
Which, but proportioned to their light or place,
Due distance reconciles to form and grace. Pope.
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4. To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.
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Syn. -- To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify; appease.
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Rec"on*cile`, v. i. To become reconciled. [Obs.]
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