a. [f. L. conciliāt- ppl. stem of conciliāre to CONCILIATE + -IVE.] Tending to conciliate; conciliatory.
1817. Southey, Lett. (1856), III. 62. A conciliative and persuasive tone.
1825. Coleridge, Aids Refl. (1848), I. 270. With a conciliative show of coincidence.
1865. Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., V. XIV. ii. 176. I answered—mildly reprobatory, yet conciliative. [See also CONSILIATIVE.]
