amalgamate

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: a=mal=gam=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

amalgamate, v. t. 

•  To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.  [1913 Webster]
•  To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another.  [1913 Webster]

  "Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one."  [1913 Webster]

amalgamate, v. i. 

•  To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver.  [1913 Webster]
•  To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate.  [1913 Webster]

amalgamate, a. 

 Coalesced; united; combined.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

amalgamate, v.
1 tr. & intr. combine or unite to form one structure, organization, etc.
2 intr. (of metals) alloy with mercury.

Derivative

amalgamation n.

Etymology

med.L amalgamare amalgamat- (as AMALGAM)

THESAURUS

amalgamate

act in concert, act together, add, admix, affiliate, alloy, ally, assimilate, associate, band, band together, be in league, bemingle, blend, club together, coact, coalesce, collaborate, collude, combine, come together, commingle, commix, compact, compose, compound, comprise, concert, concoct, concord, concur, confederate, conglomerate, 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, 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, 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, roll into one, scramble, shade into, shuffle, solidify, stand together, stir up, syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, team up, throw in together, throw together, tie in, tie up, toss together, unify, unite, unite efforts, work, work together

ROGET THESAURUS

amalgamate

Mixture

VB mix, join, combine, commix, immix, intermix, mix up with, mingle, commingle, intermingle, bemingle, shuffle, pound together, hash up, stir up, knead, brew, impregnate with, interlard, intertwine, interweave, associate with, miscegenate, be mixed, get among, be entangled with, instill, imbue, infuse, suffuse, transfuse, infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper, medicate, blend, cross, alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect.

Combination

VB combine, unite, incorporate, amalgamate, embody, absorb, reembody, blend, merge, fuse, melt into one, consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate, put together, lump together, cement a union, marry.