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/kˌoʊəlˈɛst/ Listen

verb

Coalesce v. i. (past & past part. coalesced; pres. part. coalescing)

To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.

To unite in one body or product; to combine into one body or community; as, vapors coalesce. "The Jews were incapable of coalescing with other nations." "Certain combinations of ideas that, once coalescing, could not be shaken loose."

Synonyms: See Add.

adjective

coalesced adj.

Joined together into a whole.

Synonyms: amalgamate, amalgamated, consolidated, fused.

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Etymology of 'Coalesced'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... the worst I have ever seen. Early in the afternoon of a hot bright day, snow-white, solid-looking clouds began to collect around the peaks of the Amatole Mountains. These grew rapidly until they coalesced in a dense, compact mass. After remaining stationary, for some time, this began to move slowly towards us. It was black beneath, but dazzlingly white at the summit. It swept down with accelerating speed. The air throbbed with that most awe-inspiring ...

— Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer • W. C. Scully

... me. The recent campaign, agitation, and movement have made me fat. I believe that if all the kings coalesced against me, I should get a quite ridiculous stomach.... You have heard my words. I can no longer have relatives in obscurity. Those who will not rise with me, shall no longer be of my family. I am making a family of kings ...

— The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2) • John Holland Rose

... with hooks of steel. But they stood now at the head of their respective factions. When Van Buren, therefore, finally consented to join Seymour in a division of the spoils, the two wings of the party quickly coalesced in the fall of 1849 for the election of seven state officers. The Free-soil faction professed to retain its principles; and, by placing several Abolitionists upon the ticket, nine-tenths of that party also joined the combination. But the spirit of the Free-soiler was ...

— A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 • DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

... conducted through a minister, who acted as the mouthpiece of her divinity and reported her oracular utterances. The example shows how easily among our rude forefathers the ideas of divinity and royalty coalesced. It is said that among the Getae down to the beginning of our era there was always a man who personified a god and was called God by the people. He dwelt on a sacred mountain and acted ...

— The Golden Bough - A study of magic and religion • Sir James George Frazer

... of England. We have seen how high he bore himself amidst the degraded crew, and how boldly he attacked the scandals of the Court, and rebuked the craven self-indulgence of the King. We have marked how the various factions that felt uneasy under his sway, gradually coalesced into a rancorous opposition, that knew no bounds in the meanness of their intrigues, and in the barefaced falsehood of their accusations. We have seen how the King stooped to be their instrument, and allowed himself to ...

— The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon V2 • Henry Craik

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