amalgamate
amalgamate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver.
- 3.To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate.
- 4.Coalesced; united; combined.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absorb
- absorption
- alloy
- amalgam
- amalgamation
- blend
- blending
- cement
- centralization
- centralize
- coalesce
- coalescence
- combination
- combine
- combined
- composition
- compound
- consolidate
- crasis
- embodiment
- embody
- fuse
- fusion
- impregnate
- impregnation
- incorporate
- incorporation
- into
- junction
- lump
- marry
- melt
- merge
- mixture
- one
- put
- quid
- reembody
- resultant
- synthesis
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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