Definition of "conciliate"

conciliate

/ˌkənˈsɪlieɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present conciliates, present participle conciliating, simple past and past participle conciliated
1. (transitive, obsolete) To acquire, to procure.
  Quotations
  Frankneſs and openneſs conciliate confidence. We truſt the man who ſeems willing to truſt us.
  1790, Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments; Creech, and J. Bell & Co., part VII, section IV (Of the Manner in which Different Authors have Treated of the Practical Rules of Morality), page 387
2. (transitive, now rare) To reconcile (discordant theories, demands etc.); to make compatible, bring together.
  Quotations
  It must surely then happen, to a much greater degree, in a great nation, whose government is suddenly dissolved by the resolution of the people; and which, in taking a new form, has so many jarring interests to conciliate […] .
  1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 324
3. (transitive) To make calm and content, or regain the goodwill of; to placate.
  Quotations
  `Surely, my father,' I answered courteously, feeling certain that I should do well to conciliate this ancient Mammon of Unrighteousness.
  1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887
4. (intransitive) To mediate in a dispute.

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