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reconcile
in
The Chosen, by Chaim Potok
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Then I would go into the attempt of the late medieval commentary to reconcile the diverse explanations of the commentaries.
Chpt 3.14 *

reconcile = bring into agreement
A later commentary tried to reconcile the three commentaries by the method of pilpul, the result being a happy one for someone who enjoyed pilpul but quite strained as far as I was concerned.†
Chpt 3.14
Then he asked me to show how the late medieval commentary had attempted to reconcile these difficulties, and I went over that, too.†
Chpt 3.14 *
Then I heard Rav Gershenson ask me whether I was satisfied with the late medieval commentary's attempt at reconciliation.†
Chpt 3.14
I had regarded the effort at reconciliation as the rock bottom of the entire discussion on the passage and had never thought that Rav Gershenson would question it.†
Chpt 3.14
I answered that it was strained, that it attributed nuances to the various conflicting commentaries that were not there, and that, therefore, it really was not a reconciliation at all.†
Chpt 3.14

Definitions:

(1) (reconcile as in: reconciled their differences)
to make peace between people or bring different ideas into agreement
(2) (reconcile as in: reconciled herself to)
to accept something difficult or unwanted -- especially when it can’t be changed
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)