merge

• POS: Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

merge, v. t. [L. mergere, mersum. Cf. Emerge, Immerse, Marrow.].

 To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.  [1913 Webster]
"To merge all natural . . . sentiment in inordinate vanity."  [1913 Webster]
"Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots."  [1913 Webster]

merge, v. i. 

 To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost.  [1913 Webster]
"Native irresolution had merged in stronger motives."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

merge, v.
1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by with) a combine or be combined. b join or blend gradually.
2 intr. & tr. (foll. by in) lose or cause to lose character and identity in (something else).
3 tr. (foll. by in) embody (a title or estate) in (a larger one).

Derivative

mergence n.

Etymology

L mergere mers- dip, plunge, partly through legal AF merger

THESAURUS

merge

accouple, accumulate, act in concert, act together, add, adhere, admix, affiliate, agglutinate, alloy, ally, alter into, amalgamate, amass, articulate, assemble, assimilate, associate, band, band together, baptize, be converted into, be in league, become, bemingle, blend, bond, bracket, bridge, bridge over, build, build up, bunch, bunch up, bury, cement, chain, change into, clap together, clinch, clot, club together, cluster, coact, coalesce, cohere, collaborate, collect, collude, combine, come round to, come together, commingle, commix, communicate, compose, compound, comprise, concatenate, concert, concoct, concord, concur, confederate, conglobulate, conglomerate, congregate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, consist of, consolidate, conspire, constitute, construct, converge, cooperate, copulate, couple, cover, crowd, date, deluge, dip, do business with, douse, drown, duck, dunk, embody, embrace, emulsify, encompass, engulf, enter into, evolve into, fabricate, fall into, federate, flock together, flow together, flux, forgather, form, fuse, gang around, gang up, gather, gather around, get heads together, get together, glue, go into, go partners, grow together, hang together, harmonize, hash, herd together, hive, hold together, homogenize, hook up, horde, huddle, identify, immerge, immerse, immingle, immix, include, incorporate, integrate, interblend, intercommunicate, interfuse, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, intertwine, interweave, inundate, join, join in, join together, jumble, keep together, knead, knit, knot, lapse into, lay together, league, league together, link, lump together, make, make common cause, make one, make up, marry, marshal, mass, meet, meld, melt into, melt into one, merge in, mill, mingle, mingle-mangle, mix, mix up, mobilize, muster, open into, organize, overwhelm, pair, partner, pass into, piece together, play ball, plunge in water, pool, pull together, put heads together, put together, rally, rally around, reciprocate, reembody, rendezvous, ripen into, roll into one, run into, scramble, seethe, settle into, shade into, shift into, shuffle, sink, solder, solidify, souse, span, splice, stand together, stick together, stir up, stream, structure, submerge, submerse, surge, swarm, syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, take in, tape, team up, throng, throw in together, throw together, tie, tie in, tie up, toss together, turn into, turn to, unify, unite, unite efforts, unite in, weld, whelm, work, work together, yoke

ROGET THESAURUS

merge

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.

Insertion

VB insert, introduce, intromit, put into, run into, import, inject, interject, infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue, graft, ingraft, bud, plant, implant, dovetail, obtrude, thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in, impact, empierce, imbed, immerse, immerge, merge, bathe, soak, dip, plunge, bury, insert itself, lodge itself, plunge in medias res.

Water

VB be watery, reek, add water, water, wet, moisten, dilute, dip, immerse, merge, immerge, submerge, plunge, souse, duck, drown, soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse, splash, swash, douse, drench, dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge, syringe, inject, gargle.