conciliate

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The Word of the Day for December 26 is:=20

conciliate   \kun-SILL-ee-ayt\   verb
          1 : to gain (as goodwill) by pleasing acts
     2 : to make compatible : reconcile=20
    *3 : appease

Example sentence:
          City Councilor Nguyen approved the closing of the branch libra=
ry and later attempted to conciliate his constituents by pushing for fre=
e bus service to the main library.

Did you know?
          A council is "an assembly or meeting for consultation, advice,=
 or discussion," and it is often the task of a council to conciliate opp=
osing views. It seems fitting, therefore, that the words "council" and "=
conciliate" both derive from the Latin word "concilium," which means "as=
sembly" or "council." "Conciliate" comes to us from the Latin "conciliat=
us," the past participle of the verb "conciliare" (meaning "to assemble,=
 unite, win over"), which in turn is from "concilium." ("Council," on th=
e other hand, derives from the Anglo-French "cunseil" or "cuncile," from=
 "concilium.") Other "concilium" descendants in English include "concili=
ar" ("of, relating to, or issued by a council") and the rare "conciliabu=
le" ("a clandestine meeting especially of conspirators or rebels").





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