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CONCILIATES
Verb
conciliates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conciliate
Source: Wiktionary
CONCILIATE
Con*cil"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conciliated; p. pr & vb. n. Conciliating.] Etym: [L. conciliatus, p. p. of conciliare to draw or bring together, unite, from concilium council. See Council.]
Definition: 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. The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation. Hallam.
Syn.
– To reconcile; propitiate; appease; pacify.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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