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in⋅te⋅grate

  [in-ti-greyt] verb, -grat⋅ed, -grat⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
2. to make up, combine, or complete to produce a whole or a larger unit, as parts do.
3. to unite or combine.
4. to give or cause to give equal opportunity and consideration to (a racial, religious, or ethnic group or a member of such a group): to integrate minority groups in the school system.
5. to combine (educational facilities, classes, and the like, previously segregated by race) into one unified system; desegregate.
6. to give or cause to give members of all races, religions, and ethnic groups an equal opportunity to belong to, be employed by, be customers of, or vote in (an organization, place of business, city, state, etc.): to integrate a restaurant; to integrate a country club.
7. Mathematics. to find the integral of.
8. to indicate the total amount or the mean value of.
–verb (used without object)
9. to become integrated.
10. to meld with and become part of the dominant culture.
11. Mathematics.
a. to perform the operation of integration.
b. to find the solution to a differential equation.
Origin:
1630–40; < L integrātus ptp. of integrāre to renew, restore. See integer, -ate 1

Related forms:
in⋅te⋅gra⋅tive, adjective

Synonyms:
2. merge, unify, fuse, mingle.
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re·in·te·grate   (rē-ĭn'tĭ-grāt')   
tr.v.   re·in·te·grat·ed, re·in·te·grat·ing, re·in·te·grates
To restore to a condition of integration or unity.
re'in·te·gra'tion n., re·in'te·gra'tive adj.
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Word Origin & History

integrate  (v.)
1638, "to render (something) whole," from L. integratus, pp. of integrare "make whole," from integer "whole" (see integer). Meaning "to put together parts or elements and combine them into a whole" is from 1802. Integration in social/racial relations, 1940, originally in South Africa. Back-formation integrate (in this sense) dates from 1948, in ref. to U.S. presidential contest of that year. Desegregate in this sense first recorded 1940.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: in·te·grate
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -grat·ed; -grat·ing
transitive verb 1 : to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole
2 : to end the segregation of and bring into equal membership in society or an organization intransitive verb : to become integrated
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·te·grate
Pronunciation: 'int-&-"grAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -grat·ed; -grat·ing
: to form or blend into a unified whole : cause to undergo integration integrated personality> —in·te·gra·tor /-"grAt-&r/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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