[dīkan] (v) EN: reconcile ; conciliate ; restore good relation ; get back on good terms ; patch up ; become reconciledFR: se réconcilier ; être en bons termes (avec qqn)
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conciliated; p. pr & vb. n. Conciliating. ] [ L. conciliatus, p. p. of conciliare to draw or bring together, unite, from concilium council. See Council. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation. Hallam.
(v) make (one thing) compatible with (another), Syn. reconcile, conciliate, Example:The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories