conciliate
verb (conciliate, conciliates, conciliated, conciliating)
In Jewish tradition
Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah says air keeps the balance between fire and water. Later readers took this as a picture of harmony between opposites. In the primary lessons: in tales, a gift or sacrifice is made to calm an angry river or spirit
Meaning
(formal) To calm someone who is angry, or win back their goodwill, by kind or generous acts. tree →
Examples
- The Three are Water, Air and Fire ; Fire above, Water below, and Air conciliating between them ; and the sign of these things is that the Fire sustains (volatilizes) the waters ; Mem is mute. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- He tried to conciliate his angry sister with a present. tree →
- The king sent gifts to conciliate the angry gods. tree →
- A sorry note may conciliate a cross teacher. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
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