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conciliative

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English

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Etymology

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From conciliate +‎ -ive.

Adjective

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conciliative (comparative more conciliative, superlative most conciliative)

  1. conciliatory
    • 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:
      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.

Italian

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Adjective

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conciliative

  1. feminine plural of conciliativo

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