单词 | reconciling |
释义 | reconcilingn. The action of reconcile v., in various senses; reconciliation. 1. a. Restoration of friendly relations between parties. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > reconciliation saughtnessc1000 accordc1275 saughtelinga1300 saughtlinessa1300 cordementc1320 accordmentc1330 reconcilinga1382 reconciliationa1398 cordinga1400 saughtinga1400 reparationc1450 reconcilementc1475 recounsellinga1500 atonement1513 making-upa1525 recorda1540 atone1595 atonemaking1611 reconciliage1626 redintegration1631 reintegration1656 according1709 make-up1833 Versöhnung1976 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. lx. 10 In my recounsiling [L. reconciliatione] I hadde rewþe of þee. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Hengwrt) (2003) §721 The dissensioun bigynneth by another man, & the reconsilyng [v.rr. reconsileinge, reconsilicioun] bigynneth by thy self. c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 32 (MED) This day bygan the hele and the redempcioun of mankynde and the reconsilynge to the fader of heuene. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Macc. xii. 46 He thought it to be good & honorable for a reconcylinge, to do the same for those which were slayne. 1597 in A. I. Cameron Warrender Papers (1932) II. 323 For appointing and reconsiling the erle of Huntlie with my lord Forbes. 1667 W. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 316 His business was to desire the completing of your Lordship's reconciling to him,..he desiring so much your reconciling. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 8 The adjusting of so many pretensions, and the reconciling so many different powers to them. 1949 E. Butler Ritual Magic ii. i. 71 The reconciling of friends and foes is surely a virtuous act. 2007 M. Alexander Medievalism iii. 50 The tale usually ends..with a wedding presided over by a gracious Scottish king, and the reconciling of enemies in the interests of civil society. b. Accommodation of states, facts, qualities, etc., esp. those otherwise considered mutually exclusive or contradictory. ΚΠ 1654 H. Hammond Of Fund. in Notion 189 The man was acute, and dextrous, could say as much for the reconciling of contradictions, as another. 1734 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. I. 17 I leave to the learned the reconciling of this contradiction. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 123 Donne had not attained to the reconciling of distinctity with unity. 1883 P. A. R. Janet tr. Theory of Morals ii. iii. 208 The reconciling of liberties will be better accomplished by custom and by reciprocal concessions than by a rude intervention from without. 1944 Geogr. Jrnl. 104 122 More information on such questions as the reconciling of a density-zoned earth with deep-seated convection currents, would have been welcome. 2006 B. V. Maydell et al. Enabling Social Europe iii. 223 The reconciling of work and family life is the foremost issue of the contemporary family policy in member states of the European Union. ΚΠ 1875 T. Laslett Timber & Timber Trees 297 Kauri Pine is also employed for the decks of yachts..and does not require the reconciling or planing over, which is frequently found necessary if other woods are worked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). reconcilingadj. 1. That restores harmony or friendly relations; that effects reconciliation. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [adjective] > reconciling reconcilinga1500 reconciliatory1581 atoning1609 henotic1615 reconciliating1723 reconciliative1773 a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 51 (MED) This lawe was heuenly, holy and reconsilenge. 1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. F4v Friend let me see thy letter once againe, That I may read these reconciling lines. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 204 That is agreed to be a very reconciling motion, and may heal all the heats and differences about it. 1686 A. Behn La Montre 137 The little Quarrels of Lovers render the reconciling Moments so infinitely Charming. 1717 A. Pope Eloisa to Abelard in Wks. 424 Thy eyes diffus'd a reconciling ray. 1759 R. Dodsley Let. 1 Dec. (1988) 432 I suspect he intends it as a reconciling Present to Miss S—. 1801 R. Southey in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 378 A man of gentle and reconciling manners. 1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein II. 475 The peaceful and reconciling revolution to which Stein had shown the way. 1909 Evening Post (N.Y.) 7 Aug. 6 To strive to catholicise his own communion, that it might become a reconciling power, instead of a sectarianising system of human device. 1973 H. L. Nieburg Culture Storm ii. 19 Ritual action can be a redressive, reconciling mechanism for reaffirming, testing, and, at times, changing loyalties for new ones. 1991 Past & Present Aug. 146 Radway acknowledges the reconciling and compensatory function of Harlequin and similar romance novels. 2. Architecture and Shipbuilding. Of a curve or mould: that allows edges or surfaces to run flush with each other; (of a sweep) that joins two other sweeps (cf. reconciler n. 2b). Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [adjective] > moulding > types of moulding bowtelled?1578 bolectioned1693 reconciling1754 zigzag1765 quirked1774 reeded1801 nebule1823 studded1838 nail-headed1842 stuck1850 keeleda1878 1754 M. Murray Treat. Ship-building & Navigation ii. ii. 138 R..will be the center of the reconciling sweep. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §81 By reconciling Curves, I could adapt every part of the base upon the rock to the regularly turned tapering body. 1850 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. iii. 371/1 Reconciler, a mould sometimes used to form the hollow in the topside, which is called the reconciling mould. 1989 B. Lavery Nelson's Navy iii. i. 61 The reconciling sweep had to be tangential to both the other sweeps. Derivatives ˈreconcilingly adv. ΚΠ 1858 A. C. Kendrick tr. H. Olshausen et al. Biblical Comm. New Test. V. 196 The doctrine that Christ suffers in the faithful, though not vicariously and reconcilingly, but merely as sanctifying and perfecting, has its difficulty. 1887 R. Browning Parleyings, Apollo & Fates 21 Sourly and smilingly Bare and gowned, bleached limbs and browned, Drive we a dance, three and one, reconcilingly. 1988 Boston Globe (Nexis) 23 Dec. 23 She's the one most clearly touched by the same nocturnal energies that course through Shakespeare's ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream,’ reminding us that the comedy here taps something far deeper and more reconcilingly profound. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1382adj.a1500 |
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