reconciled, ppl. a.
(ˈrɛkənsaɪld)
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
Restored to friendship, harmony, etc.
| ? c 1470 G. Ashby Active Policy 755 He endith not wele that vngodly ment, Withoute a reconsiled amendment. a 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 170 The Frenche kyng, his newe reconsiled frende. 1598 Dallington Meth. Trav. F iij b, A man must neuer trust a reconciled enemy, especially his King. 1677 W. Hubbard Narrative 102 Capt. Church..with but thirty English-men, and twenty reconciled Indians, took twenty three of the Enemy. 1732 Pope Ep. Bathurst 166 Thro' reconcil'd extremes of drought and rain. 1820 Scott Monast. v, The look of a confessor who resigns a reconciled penitent, not to earth, but to heaven. 1860 Motley Netherl. viii. I. 504 No language could describe the misery of the reconciled Provinces. |
| absol. 1628 T. Spencer Logick 115 If Christs death reconciled an enemie, then his life will saue the reconciled. |
† b. Made to run evenly with each other.
Obs.| a 1687 Petty Nav. Philos. in T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. (1691) 124 The forementioned Incurvations are to be trimmed and repaired by reconciled lines. |