conciliate
verb (used with object)
to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over.
had conciliated
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past perfectof conciliate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Always moderate in victory, he had suppressed the insurrections without bloodshed, and had conciliated the people by his moderation.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
The haughty manners of the Marquis and of Magdalena had conciliated no one.
From The Son of Monte-Cristo by Jules Lermina
He had conciliated Russia by taking sides with her against the Poles in spite of the attitude of London, Paris, and Vienna.
From Lord John Russell by Stuart J. (Stuart Johnson) Reid
He had conciliated the ignorant multitude by presents, by monuments, by largesses of food, and by banquets, he had bound his own party to him by rewards, his adversaries by the appearances of clemency.
From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
This General had conciliated the esteem of the public by his inclination to do good, his attention to his duty, and his strict probity.
