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

\Rec"on*cile`\, v. i.
To become reconciled. [Obs.]