CONSOLIDATE

consolidate

(verb) make firm or secure; strengthen; “consolidate one’s gains”; “consolidate one’s hold on first place”

consolidate

(verb) make or form into a solid or hardened mass; “consolidate fibers into boards”

consolidate

(verb) form into a solid mass or whole; “The mud had consolidated overnight”

consolidate

(verb) unite into one; “The companies consolidated”

consolidate

(verb) bring together into a single whole or system; “The town and county schools are being consolidated”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

consolidate (third-person singular simple present consolidates, present participle consolidating, simple past and past participle consolidated)

(ambitransitive) To combine into a single unit; to group together or join.

To make stronger or more solid.

(finance) To pay off several debts with a single loan.

Coordinate terms

• (combine into a single unit): defragment

Adjective

consolidate (comparative more consolidate, superlative most consolidate)

(obsolete) Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.

Anagrams

• delocations

Source: Wiktionary

Con*sol"i*date, a. Etym: [L. consolidatus, p.pr. of consolidare to make firm; con- + solidare to make firm; solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Consound.]

Definition: Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated. [R.] A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate. Elyot.

Con*sol"i*date, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Consolidated; p.pr. & vb.n. Consolidating.]

1. To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm. He fixed and consolidated the earth. T. Burnet.

2. To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic. Consolidating numbers into unity. Wordsworth.

3. (Surg.)

Definition: To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound. [R.]

Syn.

– To unite; combine; harden; compact; condense; compress.

Con*sol"i*date, v. i.

Definition: To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying. In hurts and ulcers of the head, dryness maketh them more apt to consolidate. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition