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Reply 6: Pansophic Polls
Word of the Day, December 26

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Uadzit
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 11:21 am


conciliate • kun-SILL-ee-ayt • verb

1 : to gain (as goodwill) by pleasing acts

2 : to make compatible : reconcile

*3 : appease

Example Sentence:
City Councilor Nguyen approved the closing of the branch library and later attempted to conciliate his constituents by pushing for free bus service to the main library.

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A council is "an assembly or meeting for consultation, advice, or discussion," and it is often the task of a council to conciliate opposing views. It seems fitting, therefore, that the words "council" and "conciliate" both derive from the Latin word "concilium," which means "assembly" or "council." "Conciliate" comes to us from the Latin "conciliatus," the past participle of the verb "conciliare" (meaning "to assemble, unite, win over"), which in turn is from "concilium." ("Council," on the other hand, derives from the Anglo-French "cunseil" or "cuncile," from "concilium.") Other "concilium" descendants in English include "conciliar" ("of, relating to, or issued by a council") and the rare "conciliabule" ("a clandestine meeting especially of conspirators or rebels").

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:02 pm


probably also related to "reconcile"

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:18 pm


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:52 pm


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