Dame Tau'sWord of the day:~coalesce[ˌkəʊəˈlɛs]VERBcoalesces...

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coalesce

[ˌkəʊəˈlɛs]

VERB

coalesces (third person present) · coalesced (past tense) · coalesced (past participle) · coalescing (present participle)

1. come together to form one mass or whole.

   "the puddles had coalesced into shallow streams"

   synonyms:

   unite · join together · combine · merge · fuse · mingle · meld · blend · intermingle · knit (together) · amalgamate · consolidate · integrate · affiliate · link up · homogenize · synthesize · converge · commingle · commix

   • combine (elements) in a mass or whole.
     "his idea served to coalesce all that happened into one connected whole"

ORIGIN

mid 16th century: from Latin coalescere‘grow together’, from co- (from cum‘with’) + alescere‘grow up’ (from alere‘nourish’).