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<hw>Con*cil"i*a*ble</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>conciliable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being conciliated or reconciled.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Conciliabule</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*cil"i*a*bule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Conciliable</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable.</def>

<i>Milman.</i>

<h1>Conciliar, Conciliary</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw><hw>Con*cil"i*ar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Con*cil"i*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>conciliare</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to, or issued by, a council.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Conciliate</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*cil"i*ate</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Conciliated</er>; <tt>p. pr & vb. n.</tt> <er>Conciliating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>conciliatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>conciliare</ets> to draw or bring together, unite, from <ets>concilium</ets> council. See <er>Council</er>.]</ety> <def>To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.</def>

<blockquote>The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to <b>conciliate</b> the nation. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To reconcile; propitiate; appease; pacify.</syn>

<h1>Conciliation</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*cil`i*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conciliatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated.</def>

<blockquote>The house has gone further; it has declared <b>conciliation</b> admissible previous to any submission on the part of America. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conciliative</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*cil"i*a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Conciliatory.</def>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Conciliator</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*cil"i*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who conciliates.</def>

<h1>Conciliatory</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*cil"i*a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.</def>

<blockquote>The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse to the <b>conciliatory</b> policy. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Concinnate</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*cin"nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>concinnatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>concinnare</ets> to concinnate. See <er>Concinnity</er>.]</ety> <def>To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Concinnity</h1> <Xpage=295>

<hw>Con*cin"ni*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>concinnitas</ets>, fr. <ets>concinnus</ets> skillfully put together, beautiful. Of uncertain origin.]</ety> <def>Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; elegance; -- used chiefly of style of discourse.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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