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amalgamate


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Amalgamate  \A*mal"ga*mate\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Amalgamated}; 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Amalgamating}.] 
  1.  To  compound  or  mix,  as  quicksilver,  with  another  metal;  to 
  unite,  combine,  or  alloy  with  mercury. 
 
  2.  To  mix,  so  as  to  make  a  uniform  compound;  to  unite  or 
  combine;  as  to  amalgamate  two  races;  to  amalgamate  one 
  race  with  another. 
 
  Ingratitude  is  indeed  their  four  cardinal  virtues 
  compacted  and  amalgamated  into  one  --Burke. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Amalgamate  \A*mal"ga*mate\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  unite  in  an  amalgam;  to  blend  with  another  metal,  as 
  quicksilver. 
 
  2.  To  coalesce,  as  a  result  of  growth;  to  combine  into  a 
  uniform  whole;  to  blend;  as  two  organs  or  parts 
  amalgamate. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Amalgamate  \A*mal"ga*mate\,  Amalgamated  \A*mal"ga*ma`ted\,  a. 
  Coalesced;  united;  combined. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  amalgamate 
  adj  :  joined  together  into  a  whole;  "United  Industries";  "the 
  amalgamated  colleges  constituted  a  university";  "a 
  consolidated  school"  [syn:  {amalgamated},  {coalesced}, 
  {consolidated},  {fused}] 
  v  :  to  bring  or  combine  together  or  with  something  else: 
  "resourcefully  he  mingled  music  and  dance"  [syn:  {mix},  {mingle}, 
  {commix},  {unify}] 




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