conciliate

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The Word of the Day for December 26 is: 

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

Example sentence:
          City Councilor Nguyen approved the closing of the branch library and 
later attempted to conciliate his constituents by pushing for free 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 opposing 
views. It seems fitting, therefore, that the words "council" and "conciliate" 
both derive from the Latin word "concilium," which means "assembly" or 
"council." "Conciliate" comes to us from the Latin "conciliatus," the past 
participle of the verb "conciliare" (meaning "to assemble, unite, win over"), 
which in turn is from "concilium." ("Council," on the other hand, derives from 
the Anglo-French "cunseil" or "cuncile," from "concilium.") Other "concilium" 
descendants in English include "conciliar" ("of, relating to, or issued by a 
council") and the rare "conciliabule" ("a clandestine meeting especially of 
conspirators or rebels").





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