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Webster 1913 Edition
Coalesce
Coˊa-lesce′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Coalesced
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Coalescing
.] [L. ]
coalescere
, coalitium
; co-
+ alescere
to grow up, incho. fr. alere
to nourish. See Aliment
, Noun.
1.
To grow together; to unite by growth into one body;
as, the parts separated by a wound
. coalesce
2.
To unite in one body or product; to combine into one body or community;
as, vapors
. coalesce
The Jews were incapable of
coalescing
with other nations. Campbell.
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. Webster 1828 Edition
Coalesce
COALESCE
, v.i.1.
To grow together; to unite, as separate bodies, or separate parts, into one body, as separate bones in an infant, or the fingers or toes.2.
To unite and adhere in one body or mass, by spontaneous approximation or attraction; as, vapors coalesce.3.
To unite in society, in a more general sense,The Jews were incapable of coalescing with other nations.
Definition 2024
coalesce
coalesce
English
Verb
coalesce (third-person singular simple present coalesces, present participle coalescing, simple past and past participle coalesced)
- (of separate elements) To join into a single mass or whole.
- The droplets coalesced into a puddle.
- (of a whole or a unit) To form from different pieces or elements.
- The puddle coalesced from the droplets as they ran together.
- (engineering) To bond pieces of metal into a continuous whole by liquefying parts of each piece, bringing the liquids into contact, and allowing the combined liquid to solidify.
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Translations
to join into a single mass
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to form from different elements
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