King James Bible Dictionary

RECONCI'LE, verb transitive [Latin reconcilio; re and concilio; con and calo, to call, Gr. The literal sense is to call back into union.]

1. To conciliate anew; to call back into union and friendship the affections which have been alienated; to restore to friendship or favor after estrangement; as, to reconcile men or parties that have been at variance.

Go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother - Matthew 5:24.

We pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

2 Corinthians 5:18. Ephesians 2:16. Colossians 1:20.

2. To bring to acquiescence, content or quiet submission; with to; as, to reconcile one's self to afflictions. It is our duty to be reconciled to the dispensations of Providence.

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.

Some figures monstrous and misshap'd appear, considered singly, or beheld too near; which but proportion'd to their light and place, due distance reconciles to form and grace.

4. To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences or quarrels.

RECONCI'LED, participle passive Brought into friendship from a state of disagreement or enmity; made consistent; adjusted.

RECONCI'LEMENT, noun

1. Reconciliation; renewal of friendship. Animosities sometimes make reconcilement impracticable.

2. Friendship renewed.

No cloud of anger shall remain, but peace assured and reconcilement

RECONCI'LER, noun

1. One who reconciles; one who brings parties at variance into renewed friendship.

2. One who discovers the consistence of proposition.