cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; She managed to mollify the angry customer

[ Syn: pacify , lenify , assuage , appease , mollify , placate , gentle , gruntle ]

come to terms; After some discussion we finally made up

[ Syn: reconcile , patch up , make up , settle ]

make (one thing) compatible with (another); The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories

[ Syn: accommodate , reconcile ]