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.
Propitious now and reconciled by
prayer.
Dryden.
The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be
reconciled [i.e., restored to sanctity] by the
bishop.
Chaucer.
We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to
God.
2 Cor. v. 20.
2. To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet
submission; as, to reconcile one's self to
affictions.
3. To make consistent or congruous; to bring
to agreement or suitableness; -- followed by with or
to.
The great men among the ancients understood how to
reconcile manual labor with affairs of state.
Locke.
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.
4. To adjust; to settle; as, to
reconcile differences.
Syn. -- To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify;
appease.
Rec"on*cile`, v. i. To become
reconciled. [Obs.]
