All 7 Uses of
reconcile
in
Sense and Sensibility
- To this determination she was the more easily reconciled, by recollecting that Edward Ferrars, by Lucy's account, was not to be in town before February; and that their visit, without any unreasonable abridgement, might be previously finished.†
Chpt 25
- I had depended on her fortitude too far, and the blow was a severe one— but had her marriage been happy, so young as I then was, a few months must have reconciled me to it, or at least I should not have now to lament it.†
Chpt 31
- Miss Steele was the least discomposed of the three, by their presence; and it was in their power to reconcile her to it entirely.†
Chpt 36 *
- After that, I suppose, I WAS wrong in remaining so much in Sussex, and the arguments with which I reconciled myself to the expediency of it, were no better than these:—The danger is my own; I am doing no injury to anybody but myself.†
Chpt 49
- It determined him to attempt a reconciliation, though not exactly in the manner pointed out by their brother and sister.†
Chpt 49 *
- — "And if they really DO interest themselves," said Marianne, in her new character of candour, "in bringing about a reconciliation, I shall think that even John and Fanny are not entirely without merit."†
Chpt 49
- The selfish sagacity of the latter, which had at first drawn Robert into the scrape, was the principal instrument of his deliverance from it; for her respectful humility, assiduous attentions, and endless flatteries, as soon as the smallest opening was given for their exercise, reconciled Mrs. Ferrars to his choice, and re-established him completely in her favour.†
Chpt 50
Definitions:
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(reconcile as in: reconciled their differences) to bring into agreementThe exact meaning of reconcile can depend upon its context. For example:
- "We reconciled our differences and are on friendly terms now." -- settled or found a way to accept
- "They did break up, but they reconciled since then." -- made up
- "I need to reconcile my goals with my abilities." -- make compatible
- "I need to reconcile my checkbook." -- get the checkbook numbers and the bank statement to agree
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(reconcile as in: reconciled herself to) to come to terms with