coalesce

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: co=a=lesce

CIDE DICTIONARY

coalesce, v. i. [L. coalescere, coalitium; co- + alescere to grow up, incho. fr. alere to nourish. See Aliment, n.].

•  To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.  [1913 Webster]
•  To unite in one body or product; to combine into one body or community; as, vapors coalesce.  [1913 Webster]

  "The Jews were incapable of coalescing with other nations."  [1913 Webster]

  "Certain combinations of ideas that, once coalescing, could not be shaken loose."

Syn. -- See Add.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

coalesce, v.intr.
1 come together and form one whole.
2 combine in a coalition.

Derivative

coalescence n. coalescent adj.

Etymology

L coalescere (as CO-, alescere alit- grow f. alere nourish)

THESAURUS

coalesce

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

ROGET THESAURUS

coalesce

Identity

VB be identical, coincide, coalesce, merge, treat as the same, render the same, identical, identify, recognize the identity of.

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.