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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
2: fuse or cause to grow together

Merriam Webster's

verb (coalesced; coalescing) Etymology: Latin coalescere, from co- + alescere to grow — more at old Date: circa 1656 intransitive verb 1. to grow together 2. a. to unite into a whole ; fuse <separate townships have coalesced into a single, sprawling colony — Donald Gould> b. to unite for a common end ; join forces <people with different points of view coalesce into opposing factions — I. L. Horowitz> 3. to arise from the combination of distinct elements <an organized and a popular resistance immediately coalesced — C. C. Menges> transitive verb to cause to unite <sometimes a book coalesces a public into a mass market — Walter Meade> Synonyms: see mix • coalescence noun • coalescent adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. 1 come together and form one whole. 2 combine in a coalition. Derivatives: coalescence n. coalescent adj. Etymology: L coalescere (as CO-, alescere alit- grow f. alere nourish)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Coalesce Co`a*lesce", v. 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, n.] 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. Certain combinations of ideas that, once coalescing, could not be shaken loose. --De Quincey. Syn: See Add.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(coalesces, coalescing, coalesced) If two or more things coalesce, they come together and form a larger group or system. (FORMAL) Cities, if unrestricted, tend to coalesce into bigger and bigger conurbations... His sporting and political interests coalesced admirably in his writing about climbing. = merge VERB: V prep, V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. 1. Unite, combine, blend, come together, become consolidated. 2. Concur, fraternize, come to an agreement.

Moby Thesaurus

act in concert, act together, add, adhere, admix, affiliate, alloy, ally, amalgamate, assimilate, associate, band, band together, be in league, bemingle, blend, bracket, cleave, cling, club together, coact, collaborate, collude, combine, come together, commingle, commix, compose, compound, comprise, concert, concoct, concord, concur, confederate, conglomerate, conjoin, connect, consolidate, conspire, cooperate, do business with, embody, emulsify, encompass, federate, flux, fuse, get heads together, get together, go partners, hang together, harmonize, hash, hold together, homogenize, hook up, identify, immingle, immix, include, incorporate, integrate, interblend, interfuse, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, intertwine, interweave, join, join in, join together, jumble, keep together, knead, league, league together, link, lump together, make common cause, make one, meld, melt into one, merge, mingle, mingle-mangle, mix, mix up, partner, play ball, pull together, put heads together, put together, reciprocate, reembody, relate, roll into one, scramble, shade into, shuffle, solidify, stand together, stick, stir up, syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, team up, throw in together, throw together, tie in, tie up, toss together, unify, unite, unite efforts, wed, work, work together