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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reconcile \Rec"on*cile`\ (-s?l`), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Reconciled} (-s?ld`); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reconciling}.] [F.
   r['e]concilier, L. reconciliare; pref. re- re- + conciliare
   to bring together, to unite. See {Conciliate}.]
   1. To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to
      restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause
      to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who
      have quarreled.

            Propitious now and reconciled by prayer. --Dryden.

            The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be
            reconciled [i.e., restored to sanctity] by the
            bishop.                               --Chaucer.

            We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God. --2 Cor.
                                                  v. 20.

   2. To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission;
      as, to reconcile one's self to affictions.

   3. To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or
      suitableness; -- followed by with or to.

            The great men among the ancients understood how to
            reconcile manual labor with affairs of state.
                                                  --Locke.

            Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear,
            Considered singly, or beheld too near; Which, but
            proportioned to their light or place, Due distance
            reconciles to form and grace.         --Pope.

   4. To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.

   Syn: To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify;
        appease.

Reconcile \Rec"on*cile`\, v. i.
   To become reconciled. [Obs.]

Source : WordNet®

reconcile
     v 1: make compatible with; "The scientists had to accommodate the
          new results with the existing theories" [syn: {accommodate},
           {conciliate}]
     2: bring into consonance or accord; "harmonize one's goals with
        one's abilities" [syn: {harmonize}, {harmonise}]
     3: come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
        [syn: {patch up}, {make up}, {conciliate}, {settle}]
     4: accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"
        [syn: {resign}, {submit}]
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