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merge

  [murj] verb, merged, merg⋅ing.
Use merge 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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merge   (mûrj)   
v.   merged, merg·ing, merg·es

v.   tr.

  1. To cause to be absorbed, especially in gradual stages.

  2. To combine or unite: merging two sets of data.

v.   intr.

  1. To blend together, especially in gradual stages.

  2. To become combined or united. See Synonyms at mix.


[Latin mergere, to plunge.]
mer'gence n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

merge 
1636, "to plunge or sink in," from L. mergere "to dip, immerse," probably rhotacized from *mezgo, and cognate with Skt. majjati "dives under," Lith. mazgoju "to wash." Legal sense of "absorption of an estate, contract, etc. into another" is from 1726. Merger (n.) in the business sense first recorded 1889; not common until c. 1926.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

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2 : to cause to be incorporated and superseded merge therein the cause of action on which the action is brought —American Jurisprudence Second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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