conciliate
verb (used with object)
to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over.
have conciliated
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present perfectof conciliate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The strength of her beliefs gave her the courage to push on where others might have conciliated.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2013
In the early phases of the quarrel, Diem probably could and should have conciliated the Buddhists.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was of the first importance to have taken the place immediately, and to have conciliated the inhabitants, as the ships were scantily provisioned, and all but destitute of other necessary supplies.
From Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 1 by Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald
Had Mary's foreign policy only been strong it might have conciliated the patriotic pride of the ever present jingo.
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
That emigration to Holland in Wren’s time was a great loss of money and men to England, and was an indication of Nonconformist strength which wise Churchmen would have conciliated rather than driven to extremities.
From East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
