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merge |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Merge \Merge\, v. i. To be sunk, swallowed up or lost. Native irresolution had merged in stronger motives. --I. Taylor. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Merge \Merge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Merged}; p. pr & vb n. {Merging}.] [L. mergere, mersum Cf {Emerge}, {Immerse}, {Marrow}.] To cause to be swallowed up to immerse; to sink; to absorb. To merge all natural . . . sentiment in inordinate vanity. --Burke. Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots. --De Quincey. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: merge v 1: become one "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "Will the two Koreas unify?" [syn: {unify}, {unite}] [ant: {disunify}] 2: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"; "fuse the clutter of detail into a rich narrative"--A. Schlesinger [syn: {blend}, {mix}, {conflate}, {commingle}, {immix}, {fuse}, {coalesce}, {meld}, {combine}] 3: join or combine; "We merged our resources" [syn: {unite}, {unify}]
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