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con⋅sol⋅i⋅dat⋅ed

[kuhn-sol-i-dey-tid]
–adjective
1. brought together into a single whole.
2. having become solid, firm, or coherent.
3. Accounting. taking into account the combined information gathered from the financial conditions of a parent corporation and its subsidiaries: a consolidated balance sheet.

Origin:
1745–55; consolidate + -ed 2

con⋅sol⋅i⋅date

[kuhn-sol-i-deyt] verb, -dat⋅ed, -dat⋅ing, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1. to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
2. to discard the unused or unwanted items of and organize the remaining: She consolidated her home library.
3. to make solid or firm; solidify; strengthen: to consolidate gains.
4. Military. to strengthen by rearranging the position of ground combat troops after a successful attack.
–verb (used without object)
5. to unite or combine.
6. to become solid or firm.
–adjective
7. consolidated (def. 2).

Origin:
1505–15; < L consolidātus (ptp. of consolidāre), equiv. to con- con- + solid(us) solid + -ātus -ate 1


con⋅sol⋅i⋅da⋅tor, noun
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con·sol·i·date   (kən-sŏl'ĭ-dāt')   
v.   con·sol·i·dat·ed, con·sol·i·dat·ing, con·sol·i·dates

v.   tr.
  1. To unite into one system or whole; combine: consolidated five separate agencies into a single department.

  2. To make strong or secure; strengthen: She consolidated her power during her first year in office.

  3. To make firm or coherent; form into a compact mass.

v.   intr.
  1. To become solidified or united.

  2. To join in a merger or union: The two firms consolidated under a new name.


[Latin cōnsolidāre, cōnsolidāt- : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + solidāre, to make firm (from solidus, firm; see sol- in Indo-European roots).]
con·sol'i·da'tor n.
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Main Entry: con·sol·i·date
Pronunciation: k&n-'sä-l&-"dAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -dat·ed; -dat·ing
: to join together into one whole: as a : to combine (two or more lawsuits or matters that involve a common question of law or fact) into one —compare CLASS ACTION
NOTE: Consolidation of matters in the federal courts is governed by Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Consolidated cases may become one single action with a single judgment, or may retain their individual identities although tried together. The court may also try one representative case and render a judgment binding on the other cases. b : to combine (two or more corporations) to form one new corporation —compare MERGERcon·sol·i·da·tion /k&n-"sä-l&-'dA-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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