Coalesce
[,kəʊə'les] or [,koə'lɛs]
Definition
(n.) To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.
(n.) To unite in one body or product; to combine into one body or community; as, vapors coalesce.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Unite, combine, blend, come together, become consolidated.[2]. Concur, fraternize, come to an agreement.
Editor: Verna
Definition
v.i. to grow together or unite into one body: to associate.—adj. Coales′cent uniting.—n. Coales′cence union.
Checker: Willa
Examples
- They would form alliances, but never coalesce with other city states. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But to the very end of their independent history the Greeks did not coalesce. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Religious cults and priesthoods are sectarian by nature; they will convert, they will overcome, but they will never coalesce. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She and her nurse coalesced in wondrous union. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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