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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MERGE, v.t. [L. mergo.] To immerse; to cause to be swallowed up.
The plaintiff became the purchaser and merged his term in the fee.
MERGE, v.i. To be sunk, swallowed or lost.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge" [syn: unify, unite, merge] [ant: break apart, disunify]
2: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
3: join or combine; "We merged our resources" [syn: unite, unify, merge]

Merriam Webster's

verb (merged; merging) Etymology: Latin mergere; akin to Sanskrit majjati he dives Date: 1636 transitive verb 1. archaic to plunge or engulf in something ; immerse 2. to cause to combine, unite, or coalesce 3. to blend gradually by stages that blur distinctions intransitive verb 1. to become combined into one 2. to blend or come together without abrupt change <merging traffic> Synonyms: see mix • mergence noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by with) a combine or be combined. b join or blend gradually. 2 intr. & tr. (foll. by in) lose or cause to lose character and identity in (something else). 3 tr. (foll. by in) embody (a title or estate) in (a larger one). Derivatives: mergence n. Etymology: L mergere mers- dip, plunge, partly through legal AF merger

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Merge Merge, v. i. To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost. Native irresolution had merged in stronger motives. --I. Taylor.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Merge Merge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Merged; p. pr. & vb. n. Merging.] [L. mergere, mersum. Cf. Emerge, Immerse, Marrow.] To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb. To merge all natural . . . sentiment in inordinate vanity. --Burke. Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots. --De Quincey.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(merges, merging, merged) 1. If one thing merges with another, or is merged with another, they combine or come together to make one whole thing. You can also say that two things merge, or are merged. Bank of America merged with a rival bank... The rivers merge just north of a vital irrigation system... The two countries merged into one... He sees sense in merging the two agencies while both are new... Then he showed me how to merge the graphic with text on the same screen. V-RECIP: V with n, pl-n V, pl-n V into n, V pl-n, V n with n, also V pl-n into n 2. If one sound, colour, or object merges into another, the first changes so gradually into the second that you do not notice the change. Like a chameleon, he could merge unobtrusively into the background... His features merged with the darkness... Night and day begin to merge. V-RECIP: V into n, V with n, pl-n V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Immerse, immerge, submerge, sink, bury, lose, involve. II. v. n. Be lost, be swallowed up, be sunk.

Moby Thesaurus

accouple, accumulate, act in concert, act together, add, adhere, admix, affiliate, agglutinate, alloy, ally, alter into, amalgamate, amass, articulate, assemble, assimilate, associate, band, band together, baptize, be converted into, be in league, become, bemingle, blend, bond, bracket, bridge, bridge over, build, build up, bunch, bunch up, bury, cement, chain, change into, clap together, clinch, clot, club together, cluster, coact, coalesce, cohere, collaborate, collect, collude, combine, come round to, come together, commingle, commix, communicate, compose, compound, comprise, concatenate, concert, concoct, concord, concur, confederate, conglobulate, conglomerate, congregate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, consist of, consolidate, conspire, constitute, construct, converge, cooperate, copulate, couple, cover, crowd, date, deluge, dip, do business with, douse, drown, duck, dunk, embody, embrace, emulsify, encompass, engulf, enter into, evolve into, fabricate, fall into, federate, flock together, flow together, flux, forgather, form, fuse, gang around, gang up, gather, gather around, get heads together, get together, glue, go into, go partners, grow together, hang together, harmonize, hash, herd together, hive, hold together, homogenize, hook up, horde, huddle, identify, immerge, immerse, immingle, immix, include, incorporate, integrate, interblend, intercommunicate, interfuse, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, intertwine, interweave, inundate, join, join in, join together, jumble, keep together, knead, knit, knot, lapse into, lay together, league, league together, link, lump together, make, make common cause, make one, make up, marry, marshal, mass, meet, meld, melt into, melt into one, merge in, mill, mingle, mingle-mangle, mix, mix up, mobilize, muster, open into, organize, overwhelm, pair, partner, pass into, piece together, play ball, plunge in water, pool, pull together, put heads together, put together, rally, rally around, reciprocate, reembody, rendezvous, ripen into, roll into one, run into, scramble, seethe, settle into, shade into, shift into, shuffle, sink, solder, solidify, souse, span, splice, stand together, stick together, stir up, stream, structure, submerge, submerse, surge, swarm, syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, take in, tape, team up, throng, throw in together, throw together, tie, tie in, tie up, toss together, turn into, turn to, unify, unite, unite efforts, unite in, weld, whelm, work, work together, yoke