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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
reconciled
    adj 1: made compatible or consistent

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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            Propitious now and reconciled by prayer. --Dryden.
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            The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be
            reconciled [i.e., restored to sanctity] by the
            bishop.                               --Chaucer.
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            We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God. --2 Cor.
                                                  v. 20.
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   2. To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission;
      as, to reconcile one's self to affictions.
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   3. To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or
      suitableness; -- followed by with or to.
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            The great men among the ancients understood how to
            reconcile manual labor with affairs of state.
                                                  --Locke.
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            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.
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   4. To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.
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   Syn: To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify;
        appease.
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Thesaurus Results for Reconciled:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
accepting, accommodating, acquiescent, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, amenable, at ease, comfortable, compliant, composed, content, contented, easy, easygoing, eupeptic, euphoric, happy, humble, meek, obedient, of good comfort, passive, pleased, resigned, sans souci, satisfied, submissive, uncomplaining, unrepining, unresisting, without care
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