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verb (used without object)
1.
to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
2.
to unite so as to form one mass, community, etc.: The various groups coalesced into a crowd.
3.
to blend or come together: Their ideas coalesced into one theory.
verb (used with object)
4.
to cause to unite in one body or mass.
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Origin:
1535–45; < Latin coalēscere, equivalent to co- co- + al- (stem of alere to nourish, make grow) + -ēscere -esce
1535–45; < Latin coalēscere, equivalent to co- co- + al- (stem of alere to nourish, make grow) + -ēscere -esce
Related forms
co·a·les·cence, noun
co·a·les·cent, adjective
non·co·a·les·cence, noun
non·co·a·les·cent, adjective
non·co·a·les·cing, adjective
EXPANDun·co·a·les·cent, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1, 2. unite, combine, join. 2. amalgamate, fuse, blend, merge.
1, 2. unite, combine, join. 2. amalgamate, fuse, blend, merge.
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coalesce
1540s, from L. coalescere, from com- "together" + alescere "to grow up" (see adolescent).
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