AMALGAMATE
amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fused
(adjective) joined together into a whole; “United Industries”; “the amalgamated colleges constituted a university”; “a consolidated school”
mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
(verb) to bring or combine together or with something else; “resourcefully he mingled music and dance”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
amalgamate (third-person singular simple present amalgamates, present participle amalgamating, simple past and past participle amalgamated)
(transitive or intransitive) To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.
Synonym: mix
Antonym: separate
To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.
(transitive, mathematics) To combine (free groups) by identifying respective isomorphic subgroups.
Adjective
amalgamate (comparative more amalgamate, superlative most amalgamate)
Coalesced; united; combined.
Source: Wiktionary
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.
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.
A*mal"ga*mate, A*mal"ga*ma`ted, a.
Definition: Coalesced; united; combined.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition