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reconcile, v.|ˈrɛkənsaɪl|
Forms: 4–6 reconsile, (5 -syle, 6 -cyle), 4– reconcile (also 4–5 recounsile, -syle, -cile, 7 Sc. -ceal).
[ad. F. réconcilier (12th c.) or L. reconcili-āre, f. re- re- + conciliāre to conciliate. See also recounsel v.]
I.
1. a. trans. To bring (a person) again into friendly relations to or with (oneself or another) after an estrangement.
13..Propr. Sanct. (Vernon MS.) in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. LXXXI. 315/133 Þis ilke holi chirche..þat god in his sone..To him-self Reconciled, hit was clene vndefuiled. 1382Wyclif 2 Cor. v. 19 God was in Crist, reconcilynge to him the world. 1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 191 Oure lady delyuer vs from all our wyckednesses, reconsylynge vs to thy moste pyteous sonne. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 426 b, They..reconcile hym to Marques Albert. 1593Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, iv. viii. 72 Follow me souldiers, wee'l deuise a meane, To reconcile you all vnto the King. 1879Dixon Windsor II. x. 105 The king's desire to reconcile his cousin with his friend.
transf.1849De Quincey Mail-Coach Wks. 1897 XIII. 324 Battle-fields that, long since, nature had healed and reconciled to herself with the sweet oblivion of flowers.
b. refl.
1535Coverdale Tobit viii. 4 These thre nightes wil we reconcyle oure selues with God. 1582N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. i. lxviii. 139 They returned to the king of Coching, with whom they reconcyled themselues. 1675H. Nevile tr. Machiavelli's Prince Wks. 207 The Ursini reconciled themselves to him, by the mediation of Seignor Paulo. 1819Shelley Cenci i. i. 36 Thou mightst..reconcile thyself with thine own heart And with thy God, and with the offended world.
c. In pass., without specified agent.
c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 17 It suffiseth þat þou go out of ire and be recounsilid in herte wiþ him. 1460J. Capgrave Chron. (Rolls) 247 Dreding that if the duke were reconciled onto the Kyng, it wold bring him onto grete schame. 1550Coverdale Spir. Perle iv. (1560) 31 God is reconciled, and at one with al Christian men, through his sonne. 1611Bible 1 Esdras iv. 31 If she tooke any displeasure at him, the King was faine to flatter, that she might be reconciled to him againe. 1715De Foe Fam. Instruct. i. i. (1841) I. 20 [He] is reconciled to them, as though they had not sinned against him. 1876M. E. Braddon J. Haggard's Dau. I. 8 When this father died, reconciled to his only son at the last [etc.].
transf.a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. (1821) 492 Light and darkness..can never..be reconciled one to the other. 1671Milton P.R. iv. 413 Fierce rain with lightning mixt, water with fire In ruine reconcil'd. 1688Miége Gt. Fr. Dict. ii. s.v., He cannot be reconciled with Tobacco (he cannot endure it).
†d. To recommend, make agreeable. Obs. rare.
1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §98 His courtesy and affability..marvellously reconciled [him] to all men. Ibid. §105 The Treasurer's talent in removing prejudice and reconciling himself to wavering and doubtful affections.
2. a. To win over (a person) again to friendship with oneself or another.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 405 Iason reconsilede and took aȝen his wif Medea wiþ his stepsone Medus. 1494Fabyan Chron. v. cxxvii. 108 Wherfore by fayre and easy meanes he called home his sone and recouncilid hym, and forgaue all trespace. a1547Surrey in Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 29 An eye..Frendes to allure, and foes to reconcile. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iii. iii. 151 Till we can finde a time To..reconcile your Friends, Beg pardon of thy Prince, and call thee backe. a1700Dryden Iliad i. 430 To reconcile the shooter God, Within her hollow Sides the sacrifice he stow'd. 1712Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to W. Montagu 9–11 Dec., Lord Halifax..says..he..will take pains to reconcile my F[ather]. 1813Scott Rokeby iv. xxi, He came in secret to inquire Her state and reconcile her sire. 1833Tennyson Lotos-Eaters 126 Let what is broken so remain. The Gods are hard to reconcile.
b. In pass., without specified agent.
c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋216 Thou shalt eschue the conseillyng of thyne olde enemys that been reconsiled. 1494Fabyan Chron. vi. cxcvii. 203 Elfricus..fled as a false traytour, and after that reconsyled, fled the seconde tyme to the Danys. 1667Milton P.L. xi. 39 Let him live Before thee reconcil'd. 1847Tennyson Princ. vii. 73 Nor did her father cease to press my claim, Nor did mine own now reconciled.
3. To set (estranged persons or parties) at one again; to bring back into concord, to reunite (persons or things) in harmony.
1429Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 145 Eschew flatery.., Folkes reconsile that stonde desolate. 1495Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. x. iii. (W. de W.) 373 Though the elementes ben neuer so contrary eueryche to other yet by influence of heuen and vertue of planetes they ben reconsyled in theyr dooynges and broughte to acorde. 1588Shakes. Tit. A. i. i. 467 Let it be mine honour..That I haue reconcil'd your friends and you. 1681T. Jordan London's Joy 8 Till an Invasion make them Friends too late, And Reconcile in Ruine. a1727Newton Chronol. Amended ii. (1728) 227 An embassador who reconciled two contending nations. 1782Cowper Lily & Rose 25 Thus sooth'd and reconciled, each seeks The fairest British fair. 1877Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. i. vii. 80 Lewis and Henry were reconciled amidst general satisfaction and enthusiasm.
†4. To bring (a person) back to, into peace, favour, etc. Also refl. Obs.
1382Wyclif 1 Esdras iv. 31 If she were wroth to hym, he glosith, to the time that he be recounsilid in to grace. c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋39 Somme of hise olde enemys reconsiled..to his loue and in to his grace. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 261 For them..whiche..be at discorde & debate, to reconsyle them to peace & concorde. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 7/1 Earle Walteof, who had..slaine manie Normans with his owne hands, was reconciled into the kings fauour. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, ii. i. 59, I desire To reconcile me to his Friendly peace.
†5.
a. To bring back, restore, or readmit to the Church, spec. the Church of Rome. (In later use also with const. from). Obs.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 317 Þe pope Iustinus reconcilede þe bisshoppes þat Anastacius hadde exciled. c1400Apol. Loll. 93 If þei mend by þe penaunce of þe kirk [they may] be recounsilid. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. (1533) II. 47 b/1 The albygensis..had ben effected with dyuers poyntes of herysy, and many tymes reconcyled by the kynges of Fraunce. 1567Norton Bull granted to Harding B j, The Pope..hath graunted to Doctor Harding..a certain authoritie..to reconcile Englishmen to the bosome of the Romane Chirch. 1607Drewrie's Arraignm. in Harl. Misc. (1745) III. 39/1 Being made Priest by Authority deriued from the Pope..to reconcile, seduce, and alienate loyall Subiects Harts from Loue..and Dutie to their Soueraigne. a1625Sir H. Finch Law (1636) 223 To put in vre any bull, or instrument of absolution, or reconciliation from Rome, or to take vpon one..to absolue or reconcile any person.
†b. pass. and refl. To become united to a church. Obs.
Perh. sometimes associated with sense 1 or 8.
1639Drummond of Hawthornden Conv. w. B. Jonson Wks. (1711) 224 Ben Johnson..was 12 years a papist; but after this he was reconciled to the church of England. 1689Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 597 The house of commons have thought fitt to committ Sir Edward Hales and Obadiah Walker for high treason in reconcileing themselves to the church of Rome. 1700Ibid. IV. 662 The countesse of Jersey, who was a Roman catholick, is said to be reconciled to the church of England. 1769Blackstone Comm. IV. 555 Where a person is reconciled to the see of Rome, or procures others to be reconciled, the offence amounts to high Treason. 1840Act 3 & 4 Vict. c. 52 §6 If..Prince Albert shall..be reconciled to or shall hold Communion with the See or Church of Rome.
c. refl. [After It. riconciliarsi.] To confess (oneself). rare—1.
1869Browning Ring & Bk. xii. 181 He turned to the confessor, crossed And reconciled himself, with decency.
6. Eccl.
a. To purify (a church, etc.) by a special service after profanation.
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋891 (Ch. Ch. MS.) If the chirche be halewed..the chirche is entredited til it be reconsiled by the bysshope. c1440Jacob's Well 130 Whanne þou dost violens in halwyd place..þanne þou diffoulyst þe place, þat it nedyth to be reconsyled aȝen. 1535Coverdale Lev. xvi. 20 Whan he hath made an ende of reconcylinge the Sanctuary. a1656Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 257 Upon the burial of an heretick within the precincts the Church must be reconciled. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Reconciliari, A church is said reconciliari, to be reconciled, when it is consecrated afresh, after having been polluted or profaned; as by the possession of pagans, heretics, etc. 1884Catholic Dict. s.v. Desecration, If any of the cases cited above have occurred,..the church or cemetery cannot be used till it has been purified or reconciled by the bishop.
†b. To restore to purity, to absolve or cleanse.
c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 102 The sacrament is justly consecrate,..Reconsilyng us when we trespas or erre. 1535Coverdale Ps. l[i]. 7 O reconcile me with Isope, and I shal be clene: wash thou me, and I shalbe whyter than snow.
†c. To expiate, atone for. Obs.
1535Coverdale 1 Sam. iii. 14 This wickednes of y⊇ house of Eli shall not be reconcyled..with sacrifice. ― Ecclus. xxvii. 21 As for woundes they maye be bounde vp agayne, and an euell worde maye be reconcyled. 1575Brieff Disc. Troub. Franckford 180 As water quencheth burninge fire, so dothe mercie reconcile synnes.
†d. absol. To make atonement. Obs. rare—1.
1539Bible (Great) Lev. vi. 30 And no synne offrynge..brought into the tabernacle of witnesse to reconcyle with all in the holy place, shal be eaten.
†7. To conciliate, recover (a person's favour, etc.); to gain (credit). Obs.
1390Gower Conf. v. 1742 a, His Sone..haþ his grace reconciled ffro which þe man was ferst exiled. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. ii. 33 To rest themselves, and grace to reconcile. 1609Hume Admonit. in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844) 585 That..the Prince's..unfainzed favour [might be] reconcealed. 1665Glanvill Def. Van. Dogm. 80 That they might reconcile credit to their writings upon him.
8. a. To bring into a state of acquiescence († with) or submission to a thing. Also refl. and with inf.
1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. ii. vii. 8 Hee cries out, no more; reconciles them to his entreatie, and himselfe to th' drinke. 1677Miége Fr. Dict. ii. s.v., He could not reconcile himself to do it. 1694Locke Hum. Und. ii. xxi. (ed. 2) §69 Trials often reconcile us to that, which at a distance we looked on with aversion. 1722De Foe Hist. Plague (1756) 202 People who had been used to join with the Church, were reconcil'd at this Time with the admitting the Dissenters to preach to them. 1753Hogarth Anal. Beauty 7 How gradually does the eye grow reconciled even to a disagreeable dress. 1838Lytton Alice i. x, He contrived to reconcile himself to the intended visit. 1879Froude Cæsar xx. 335 Not subdued only, but reconciled to subjugation.
absol.1795Montford Castle II. 155 Launcelot..felt quite reconciled at not following our hero.
b. refl. To settle into position.
c1857Adm. Mends in Life xxii. (1899) 310 A cheer on deck announced the ship afloat, and by the time I reached the deck she was just reconciling herself between the bowers.
II.
9. a. To adjust, settle, bring to agreement (a controversy, quarrel, etc.).
1390Gower Conf. III. 138 The word this worldes cause entriketh And reconsileth whan him liketh. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 37 He wil have such continual warre with the, as shall never be reconciled. 1617Moryson Itin. i. 161 There is no more hope that wee should meete to reconcile this quarrell. 1699Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) IV. 481 The lords..reconciled a difference between the earls of Peterborough and Orford about the army. 1749Fielding Tom Jones v. ix, The quarrel was..reconciled. 1863E. V. Neale Anal. Th. & Nat. 117 Some independent principle, through which to reconcile the opposition of subject and object in the individual.
†b. To smooth over (an inequality). Obs.—1.
1712J. James tr. Le Blond's Gardening 64 Grass-plots..that serve to reconcile the Inequality of two Pieces of Ground.
10. a. To make (discordant facts, statements, etc.) consistent, accordant, or compatible with each other.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 180 b, They..have reconcyled dyverse and weyghty articles of doctryne. 1605Shakes. Macb. iv. iii. 139 Such welcome, and vnwelcom things at once, 'Tis hard to reconcile. 1697Collier Ess. Mor. Subj. ii. (1703) 145 Conscience and covetousness are never to be reconciled: like fire and water, they always destroy each other. 1759Sterne Tr. Shandy I. xxii, Two contrary motions are introduced, and reconciled which were thought to be at variance with each other. 1835Thirlwall Greece I. 57 In this respect, as in others, they present two aspects, which it is not easy to reconcile, and neither of which can be shown to be absolutely false. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) II. App. 530 The only means of reconciling the different accounts.
absol.1675Baxter Cath. Theol. ii. i. 88 Let me hear what your own conceptions are of the matter, if they tend to elucidate or reconcile.
b. Accountancy. To establish the consistency of (one account) with another, esp. by allowing for transactions made or begun but not yet fully recorded (as when a cheque has been issued but not yet presented for payment). Cf. reconciliation 4 b.
1900W. W. Snailum Fifteen Studies in Book-Keeping xi. 122 At the end of each financial period it will be necessary to ‘reconcile’ the bank account... This is effected by means of a ‘reconciliation statement’. 1930A. Palmer Munro's Book-Keeping & Accountancy (ed. 10) 26 The Bank Pass Book..would show a balance at the credit of {pstlg}174, which would be reconciled as follows. 1947[See reconciliation 4 b]. 1970R. W. Wallis Accounting v. 66 Reconciliations may also establish the accuracy of the different parts of the accounting system within an organization, for example by reconciling the debtor's control account in the ledger with the total of the individual accounts in the sales (debtors) ledger.
11. a. To make (an action, condition, quality, etc.) compatible or consistent in fact or in one's mind with another; to regard as consistent with. Also const. to.
1624Bp. H. King Epit. Ld. Dorset, A soul..That reconciled the sword unto the pen, Using both well. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. i. iv. §4. 46 But God hath pleased to reconcile his glory with our eternal benefit. 1769Junius Lett. ix. 40 It was hardly possible for you to reconcile your political interest with your duty. 1809Malkin Gil Blas viii. i. ⁋2 There was no reconciling such a frosty reception with the glowing portrait ascribed to this paragon. 1874Green Short Hist. vii. §6 Every day made it harder for a Catholic to reconcile Catholicism with loyalty to his Queen.
b. To make (a theory, statement, author, etc.) agree with another or with a fact; to show to be in agreement with. Also const. to.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage i. xiii. 60 It breedes much difficultie, to reconcile the ancient historie of the Babylonian..Empire, with the kingdomes and Kings in that Chapter. 1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. i. v. §2 Thus we see..that it is possible to reconcile some of the ægyptian extravagant accounts to some probability and consistency with truth. 1729Butler Serm. Compassion Wks. 1874 II. 54 note, A plain matter of fact, which men cannot reconcile with the general account they think fit to give of things. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VII. 260 It is impossible..to reconcile those contents to the facts I have to communicate. 1884tr. Lotze's Metaph. 201 To show by what general line of thought my view of space might be reconciled with the particular facts of Nature.
c. ellipt. without const.
1656Bramhall Replic. i. 1 Yet there is one thing which I cannot reconcile [etc.]. a1658Cleveland Wks. (1687) 182 Who reconcil'd the Covenant's doubtful sence. 1761Foote Liar ii. Wks. 1799 I. 302 But suppose, Sir, there should be an unsurmountable objection? O. Wild. Oh, leave the reconciling that to me; I am an excellent casuist.
d. To bring (a thing) to form etc. rare.
1709Pope Ess. Crit. i. 174 Some figures monstrous and mis-shap'd appear, Consider'd singly, or beheld too near, Which..Due distance reconciles to form and grace.
12. To make even or smooth, or fit together so as to present a uniform surface.
a1687[see reconciled ppl. a. b]. 1793[see reconciling ppl. a. b]. c1850Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 140 To reconcile, to make one piece of work answer fair with the moulding or shape of the adjoining piece; and, more particularly, in the reversion of curves. 1875[see reconciling vbl. n. b].
† III. 13. intr. To become reconciled. Obs.
1666Abp. Sancroft Occas. Serm. 104 Your Thoughts though much startled at first, by degrees reconcile to it. 1683Crowne City Politiques iv. i, For shame, reconcile, pray reconcile. 1756H. Walpole Let. to Mann 19 Sept., He..abuses Count Bruhl with so much contempt, that one reconciles to him very fast.
Hence ˌreconciˈlee, one who is reconciled; ˈreconˌcileless a., that cannot be reconciled.
1876Egan tr. Heine's Atta Troll, etc. 38 Be the mortal foe of all such Fierce oppressors, reconcileless. 1894Lloyd Wealth agst. Commw. 67 The ‘reconciler’ to enforce the provisions that the ‘reconcilees’ should not engage in business elsewhere, extended a system of espionage over them. |