CONCILIATE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does conciliate mean? 

• CONCILIATE (verb)
  The verb CONCILIATE has 3 senses:

1. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
2. come to terms
3. make compatible with

  Familiarity information: CONCILIATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCILIATE (verb)

Meaning:

Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

pacify; mollify; lenify; gruntle; gentle; conciliate; assuage; appease; placate

Context example:

She managed to mollify the angry customer

Hypernyms (to "conciliate" is one way to...):

calm; calm down; lull; quiet; quieten; still; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize (make calm or still)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to conciliate Sue

Meaning:

Come to terms

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

conciliate; patch up; reconcile; settle; make up

Context example:

After some discussion we finally made up

Hypernyms (to "conciliate" is one way to...):

agree; concord; concur; hold (be in accord; be in agreement)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conciliate"):

appease; propitiate (make peace with)

make peace (end hostilities)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Meaning:

Make compatible with

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

reconcile; conciliate; accommodate

Context example:

The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories

Hypernyms (to "conciliate" is one way to...):

harmonise; harmonize (bring into consonance or relate harmoniously)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP