conciliate
verb (used with object)
to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over.
conciliates
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present tense formof conciliate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Hence the general debate, as well as private discussions, must be continued until a proposal is brought forward which conciliates all interests, and wins the suffrage of the entire mir.
From Contemporary Socialism by John Rae
Of course if a boy who is incapable of success in athletics does go on playing games perseveringly and good-humouredly, he gets a splendid training, and, as a rule, conciliates respect.
From The Upton Letters by Arthur Christopher Benson
Catholicism, at least, is a consoling religion, and its belief in Purgatory conciliates the justice of the Almighty with His goodness.
From My Recollections of Lord Byron by Sir Hubert E. H. (Hubert Edward Henry) Jerningham
At any rate it promotes happiness, and conciliates good-will, and these will offset an occasional deception.
From Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves by Horatio Alger
It conciliates, charms, bribes posterity; and it murmurs to mortals, as the old French poet sang to his mistress, "You will be fair only so far as I have said so."
From Picture and Text 1893 by Henry James
