Reconciled
['rekənsaild]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Reconcile
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Examples
- You don't know what she endured, sir, said honest Dobbin with a tremor in his voice, and I hope and trust you will be reconciled to her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Hassan, in another dress, is in an attitude by Zuleikah, who is perfectly reconciled to him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I should be much happier if we were reconciled. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Philosophers begin to be reconciled to the principle, that we have no idea of external substance, distinct from the ideas of particular qualities. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He had made attempts by letter, more than once already, to be reconciled with my lady, for no other purpose, I am firmly persuaded, than to annoy her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His aunt had shown her inclination; perhaps his grandfather himself, they hinted, might be disposed to be reconciled to him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Thy language, answered Rowena, hath in its indifferent bluntness something which cannot be reconciled with the horrors it seems to express. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And yet, that is hardly to be reconciled either with my other idea that he may be a political exile. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I must stop him, for all our sakes, from coming here till he IS reconciled. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I wish I could be good; but my heart burns, and can't be reconciled, anyhow. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I made myself very smart too at our second meeting, and she became a little more reconciled to me before I left England. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Then, perhaps, you will comprehend me, and then we shall be reconciled. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Then they will quarrel as those who intend some day to be reconciled? Plato. The Republic.
- Tom, I suppose, will get reconciled to a Southern residence;--hardly want to come up here again. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mr. Woodhouse could not be soon reconciled; but the worst was overcome, the idea was given; time and continual repetition must do the rest. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I know that, if she had lived, you would have been reconciled with her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Reconciled not without good reason, depend on it--making common cause against some common foe. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And so the schoolmistress reconciled the recommendation to her conscience, and the indentures were cancelled, and the apprentice was free. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mutual recrimination passed between them: they parted in anger, and were never reconciled. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They are then reconciled. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If my brother hears of this, first, from you, I feel certain we shall be reconciled. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But do try to be reconciled. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In France I finally grew reconciled to him as a Frenchman; here he is unquestionably an Italian. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was impossible not to be reconciled to Worcester, while he thus acceded to all my wishes, reasonable or unreasonable. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- His answer reminded me of family difficulties that were still to be reconciled, and of family disagreements that were yet to come. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was a long time before she became at all reconciled to the idea of so unsuitable a match. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I cannot be so easily reconciled to myself. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- However, an hour's acquaintance with this cheerful custom reconciled the pilgrims to it, and then it ceased to occasion remark. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I want to be reconciled to my God. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He would have liked her to be a little fonder of the boy, but even to that he reconciled himself. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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