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Webster 1913 Edition

Consolidate

Con-sol′i-date

,
Adj.
[L.
consolidatus
, p. pr. of
consolidare
to make firm;
con-
+
solidare
to make firm;
solidus
solid. See
Solid
, and cf.
Consound
.]
Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.
[R.]
A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully
consolidate
.
Elyot.

Con-sol′i-date

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Consolidated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Consolidating
.]
1.
To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.
He fixed and
consolidated
the earth.
T. Burnet.
2.
To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine;
as, to
consolidate
the armies of the republic
.
Consolidating
numbers into unity.
Wordsworth.
Syn. – To unite; combine; harden; compact; condense; compress.

Con-sol′i-date

,
Verb.
I.
To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid;
as, moist clay
consolidates
by drying
.
In hurts and ulcers of the head, dryness maketh them more apt to
consolidate
.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Consolidate

CONSOLIDATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L., solid. See Solid.]
1.
To make solid to unite or press together loose or separate parts, and form a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.
He fixed and consolidated the earth above the waters.
2.
To unite the parts of a broken bone or the lips of a wound, by means of applications.
3.
To unite two parliamentary bills in one.
4.
In law, to combine two benefices in one.

CONSOLIDATE

,
Verb.
I.
To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid.
In hurts and ulcers of the head, dryness maketh them more apt to consolidate.
Moist clay consolidates by drying.

CONSOLIDATE

,
Adj.
Formed into a solid mass.

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