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Reconcile

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Verb

1. accommodate, conciliate, reconcile

make (one thing) compatible with (another)

Example Sentences:
'The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories'

2. harmonise, harmonize, reconcile

bring into consonance or accord

Example Sentences:
'harmonize one's goals with one's abilities'

3. conciliate, make up, patch up, reconcile, settle

come to terms

Example Sentences:
'After some discussion we finally made up'

4. reconcile, resign, submit

accept as inevitable

Example Sentences:
'He resigned himself to his fate'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Reconcile

see synonyms of reconcile
verb (transitive)
1. (often passive; usually foll by to)
to make (oneself or another) no longer opposed; cause to acquiesce in something unpleasant
she reconciled herself to poverty
2. 
to become friendly with (someone) after estrangement or to re-establish friendly relations between (two or more people)
3. 
to settle (a quarrel or difference)
4. 
to make (two apparently conflicting things) compatible or consistent with each other
5. 
to reconsecrate (a desecrated church, etc)

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Reconcile

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈreconˌciled or ˈreconˌciling
1. 
to make friendly again or win over to a friendly attitude
2. 
to settle (a quarrel, difference, etc.)
3. 
to make (arguments, ideas, texts, accounts, etc.) consistent, compatible, etc.; bring into harmony
4. 
to make content, submissive, or acquiescent (to)
to become reconciled to one's lot

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Reconcile

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v. rec·on·ciled, rec·on·cil·ing, rec·on·ciles
v.tr.
1. To reestablish a close relationship between: reconciled the opposing parties.
2. To settle or resolve: reconciled the dispute.
3. To bring (oneself) to accept: He finally reconciled himself to the change in management.
4. To make compatible, harmonious, or consistent: reconcile my way of thinking with yours.
5. To compare (one financial account) so that it is consistent or compatible with another: reconciled my ledger against my bank statement.
v.intr.
1. To reestablish a close relationship, as in marriage: The estranged couple reconciled after a year.
2. To become compatible, harmonious, or consistent: The figures would not reconcile.

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