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English verb: conciliate | |||
| 1. | conciliate (emotion) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | ||
| Samples | She managed to mollify the angry customer. | ||
| Examples | The performance is likely to conciliate Sue | ||
| Synonyms | appease, assuage, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize | ||
| 2. | conciliate (communication) come to terms | ||
| Samples | After some discussion we finally made up. | ||
| Synonyms | make up, patch up, reconcile, settle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | agree, concord, concur, hold | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | appease, make peace, propitiate | ||
| 3. | conciliate (change) make (one thing) compatible with (another) | ||
| Samples | The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories. | ||
| Synonyms | accommodate, reconcile | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | harmonise, harmonize | ||
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