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.

資料來源 : WordNet®

reconciling
     adj : tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony
           [syn: {accommodative}]