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verb (used with object)
1.
to mix or merge so as to make a combination; blend; unite; combine: to amalgamate two companies.
2.
Metallurgy. to mix or alloy (a metal) with mercury.
verb (used without object)
3.
to combine, unite, merge, or coalesce: The three schools decided to amalgamate.
4.
to blend with another metal, as mercury.
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Amalgamate
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| to feel sorrow over or regret bitterly; to wish that something had never taken place |
| existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute |
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Example Sentences
- To fully integrate is to eventually assimilate and amalgamate.
- Some departments grow, some shrink, some amalgamate.
- Class actions amalgamate many similar but small complaints into one big one.
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amalgamate
1650s, from pp. adj. (1640s) from amalgam (q.v.). Originally in metallurgy; figurative sense of "to unite" (races, etc.) is attested from 1802.
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