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使和解,調停,使和諧,使一致,使順從,使聽從
資料來源 : 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.]
資料來源 : 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}]