‖n. pl. [ NL. See Cilia. ] (Zool.) One of the orders of Infusoria, characterized by having cilia. In some species the cilia cover the body generally, in others they form a band around the mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation. Hallam.
n. [ L. conciliatio. ] The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated. [ 1913 Webster ]
The house has gone further; it has declared conciliation admissible previous to any submission on the part of America. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Conciliatory. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ] One who conciliates. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating. [ 1913 Webster ]
The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse to the conciliatory policy. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. The act of domiciliating; permanent residence; inhabitancy. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Lack of reconciliation; disagreement. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Mono- + ciliated. ] (Biol.) Having but one cilium. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. réconciliation, L. reconciliatio. ]
Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. S. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]
A clear and easy reconciliation of those seeming inconsistencies of Scripture. D. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Serving or tending to reconcile. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]