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conciliative en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English conciliate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English conciliative From conciliate + -ive.

Meanings

1. conciliatory
   • And this view would have allowed me to express what I believe to be the true import and scriptural idea of Redemption in terms much more nearly resembling those used ordinarily by the Calvinistic divines, and with a conciliative show of coincidence. 1825, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, Aids to Reflection in the Formation of a Manly Character on the Several Grounds of Prudence, Morality, and Religion: […], London: […] Thomas Davison, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:

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