conciliate
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Is conciliate a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of conciliate?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive, obsolete) To acquire, to procure.Examples: "Frankneſs and openneſs conciliate confidence. We truſt the man who ſeems willing to truſt us."obsoletetransitive
2. (transitive, now rare) To reconcile (discordant theories, demands etc.); to make compatible, bring together.Examples: "It must surely then happen, to a much greater degree, in a great nation, whose government is suddenly dissolved by the resolution of the people; and which, in taking a new form, has so many jarring interests to conciliate […]."archaictransitive
3. (transitive) To make calm and content, or regain the goodwill of; to placate; to propitiate.Examples: "`Surely, my father,' I answered courteously, feeling certain that I should do well to conciliate this ancient Mammon of Unrighteousness."transitive
4. (intransitive) To mediate in a dispute.intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary