conciliate

Definition

To acquire, to procure.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conciliātus, perfect passive participle of conciliō (“I unite”), from concilium (“council, meeting”).

Example Sentences

• "Frankneſs and openneſs conciliate confidence. We truſt the man who ſeems willing to truſt us."
• "It must surely then happen, to a much greater degree, in a great nation, whose government is suddenly dissolved by the resolution of the people; and which, in taking a new form, has so many jarring interests to conciliate […]."
• "`Surely, my father,' I answered courteously, feeling certain that I should do well to conciliate this ancient Mammon of Unrighteousness."

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