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Amalgamate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AMAL'GAMATE, v.t.
1. To mix quicksilver with another metal. Gregory uses amalgamize.
2. To mix different things, to make a compound; to unite.
AMAL'GAMATE, v.i. To mix or unite in an amalgam; to blend.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: joined together into a whole; "United Industries"; "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a consolidated school" [syn: amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fused] v
1: to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" [syn: mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Date: 1617 to unite in or as if in an amalgam; especially to merge into a single body Synonyms: see mix • amalgamator noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. & intr. combine or unite to form one structure, organization, etc. 2 intr. (of metals) alloy with mercury. Derivatives: amalgamation n. Etymology: med.L amalgamare amalgamat- (as AMALGAM)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Amalgamate A*mal"ga*mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amalgamated; p. pr. & vb. n. Amalgamating.] 1. To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury. 2. To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another. Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one. --Burke.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Amalgamate A*mal"ga*mate, v. i. 1. To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver. 2. To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Amalgamate A*mal"ga*mate, Amalgamated A*mal"ga*ma`ted, a. Coalesced; united; combined.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(amalgamates, amalgamating, amalgamated) When two or more things, especially organizations, amalgamate or are amalgamated, they become one large thing. The firm has amalgamated with an American company... The chemical companies had amalgamated into a vast conglomerate... The Visitors' Centre amalgamates the traditions of the Old World with the technology of the New. = merge V-RECIP: V with/into n, pl-n V, V n with/into n • amalgamation (amalgamations) Athletics South Africa was formed by an amalgamation of two organisations. = merger N-VAR: oft N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Combine with mercury. 2. Mix, commix, commingle, unite, combine, blend, incorporate, compound.

Moby Thesaurus

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