Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Conciliate

Conciliate (?; 106) , transitive verb

[Latin conciliatus, past participle of conciliare to draw or bring together, unite, from concilium council. See Council.]

To win over; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.
The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation. — Hallam