reconcile
verb (used with object)
to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired.
had been reconciling
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past perfect progressiveof reconcile.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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He had been reconciling the people and blessing them and calling them his "sheep" and his "little children."
From Soul of a Bishop by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Ever since he had been told of the suspicion that threatened him in respect of Levison's death, he had been reconciling himself to the loss of Violet.
From A Traitor's Wooing by Hill, Headon
