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Webster 1913 Edition
Coalition
1.
The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts;
as, a
. coalition
of atomsBentley.
2.
A combination, for temporary purposes, of persons, parties, or states, having different interests.
A
coalition
of the puritan and the blackleg. J. Randolph.
Syn. – Alliance; confederation; confederacy; league; combination; conjunction; conspiracy; union.
Webster 1828 Edition
Coalition
COALITION
, n.1.
Union in a body or mass; a coming together, as of separate bodies or parts, and their union in one body or mass; as, a coalition of atoms or particles.2.
Union of individual persons, parties or states.