‖n. [ Sp., p.p. of reconcentrar to inclose, to reconcentrate. ] Lit., one who has been reconcentrated; specif., in Cuba, the Philippines, etc., during the revolution of 1895-98, one of the rural noncombatants who were concentrated by the military authorities in areas surrounding the fortified towns, and later were reconcentrated in the smaller limits of the towns themselves. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. & i. To concentrate again; to concentrate thoroughly. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The act of reconcentrating or the state of being reconcentrated; esp., the act or policy of concentrating the rural population in or about towns and villages for convenience in political or military administration, as in Cuba during the revolution of 1895-98. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Cf. F. réconciliable. ] Capable of being reconciled; as, reconcilable adversaries; an act reconciable with previous acts. [ 1913 Webster ]

The different accounts of the numbers of ships are reconcilable. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness, n. -- Rec"on*ci`la*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become reconciled. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reconciled p. pr. & vb. n. Reconciling. ] [ F. réconcilier, L. reconciliare; pref. re- re- + conciliare to bring together, to unite. See Conciliate. ] 1. To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled. [ 1913 Webster ]

Propitious now and reconciled by prayer. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The church [ if defiled ] is interdicted till it be reconciled [ i.e., restored to sanctity ] by the bishop. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God. 2 Cor. v. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to affictions. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; -- followed by with or to. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labor with affairs of state. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear,
Considered singly, or beheld too near;
Which, but proportioned to their light or place,
Due distance reconciles to form and grace. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify; appease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Reconciliation. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reconciles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. réconciliation, L. reconciliatio. ] 1. The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. S. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony. [ 1913 Webster ]

A clear and easy reconciliation of those seeming inconsistencies of Scripture. D. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Reconcilement; reunion; pacification; appeasement; propitiation; atonement; expiation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving or tending to reconcile. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]