reconcile
verb (used with object)
to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Little by little, I am reconciling the boor with the artist.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2015