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conciliating, ppl. a.|kənˈsɪlɪeɪtɪŋ|
[f. prec. + -ing2.]
That conciliates; that induces friendly feeling or overcomes objection; reconciling.
1661Origen's Opin. in Phenix (1721) I. 54 The conciliating Principle of Souls and Matter. 1759R. Hurd Dial. i. (R.), The more pliant and conciliating method of Cicero. 1799Nelson in Nicolas Disp. (1845) IV. 7 A man of more conciliating manners does not exist. a1859Macaulay Hist. Eng. V. 119 An excellent minister..dignified yet conciliating in manner.
Hence conˈciliatingly adv.
1880A. Dunsmuir Vida II. 141 Come now, Vida, said Mary conciliatingly. |