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Webster 1913 Edition
Coalesce
Coˊa-lesce′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Coalesced
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Coalescing
.] [L. ]
coalescere
, coalitium
; co-
+ alescere
to grow up, incho. fr. alere
to nourish. See Aliment
, Noun.
1.
To grow together; to unite by growth into one body;
as, the parts separated by a wound
. coalesce
2.
To unite in one body or product; to combine into one body or community;
as, vapors
. coalesce
The Jews were incapable of
coalescing
with other nations. Campbell.
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. Webster 1828 Edition
Coalesce
COALESCE
, v.i.1.
To grow together; to unite, as separate bodies, or separate parts, into one body, as separate bones in an infant, or the fingers or toes.2.
To unite and adhere in one body or mass, by spontaneous approximation or attraction; as, vapors coalesce.3.
To unite in society, in a more general sense,The Jews were incapable of coalescing with other nations.