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consolidate

con·so·li·date

UK/kənˈsɒl.ɪ.deɪt/ US/kənˈsɑ.lə.deɪt/ uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

unite into one

  • “The companies consolidated”
2.

make firm or secure; strengthen

  • “consolidate one”
  • “;”
  • “s hold on first place”
3.

bring together into a single whole or system

  • “The town and county schools are being consolidated”
4.

form into a solid mass or whole

  • “The mud had consolidated overnight”
5.

make or form into a solid or hardened mass

  • “consolidate fibers into boards”

Origin

Borrowed from Latin consolidātus, from the verb consolidō, from solidus (“solid”). By surface analysis, con- + solid + -ate.

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