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merge

  [murj] verb, merged, merg⋅ing.
Use demerge in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
2. to combine, blend, or unite gradually so as to blur the individuality or individual identity of: They voted to merge the two branch offices into a single unit.
–verb (used without object)
3. to become combined, united, swallowed up, or absorbed; lose identity by uniting or blending (often fol. by in or into): This stream merges into the river up ahead.
4. to combine or unite into a single enterprise, organization, body, etc.: The two firms merged last year.
Origin:
1630–40; < L mergere to dip, immerse, plunge into water

Related forms:
mergence, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2, 3. amalgamate, consolidate.
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Main Entry: merge
Pronunciation: 'm&rj
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: merged; merg·ing
transitive verb 1 : to cause to unite, combine, or coalesce <merge one corporation with another>
2 : to cause to be incorporated and superseded merge therein the cause of action on which the action is brought —American Jurisprudence Second> —compare BAR 3b intransitive verb : to become combined : undergo merger
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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