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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rec•on•cile /ˈrɛkənˌsaɪl/USA pronunciation v., -ciled, -cil•ing. - to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired:[~ + object + to + object]He was reconciled to his fate.
- to (cause to) become friendly or peaceable again, as by settling a quarrel: [~ + object]to reconcile hostile persons.[no object]The husband and wife reconciled last week.
- to compose or settle (a quarrel, dispute, etc.):[~ + object]They have reconciled their differences.
- to bring into agreement:[~ + object]reconciled financial accounts.
rec•on•cil•a•ble, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rec•on•cile (rek′ən sīl′),USA pronunciation v., -ciled, -cil•ing. v.t. - to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired:He was reconciled to his fate.
- to win over to friendliness;
cause to become amicable:to reconcile hostile persons. - to compose or settle (a quarrel, dispute, etc.).
- to bring into agreement or harmony;
make compatible or consistent:to reconcile differing statements; to reconcile accounts. - to reconsecrate (a desecrated church, cemetery, etc.).
- to restore (an excommunicate or penitent) to communion in a church.
v.i. - to become reconciled.
- Latin reconciliāre to make good again, repair. See re-, conciliate
- Middle English reconcilen 1300–50
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged pacify, propitiate, placate.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged harmonize.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged anger.
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