Emily Dickinson Lexicon

REC-ON-CILE, v.t. [Fr. reconcilier; L. reconcilio; re and concilio; con and calo, to call, Gr. καλεω. 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. Propitious now and reconciled by prayer. – Dryden. Go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother. – Matth. v. We pray you in Christ's stead be ye reconciled to God. – 2 Cor. v. Eph. ii. Col. i.
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. – Locke. Some figures monstrous and misshap'd appear, / Consider'd singly, or beheld too near; / Which but proportion'd to their light and place, / Due distance reconciles to form and grace. – Pope.
4. To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences or quarrels.