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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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"Coalesced" Quotes from Famous Books

... possible that, though many ancient ceremonies stand in relation to the corn-spirit and also to a god, the explanation of this fact is not that the spirit has grown into a god, but that it has coalesced with a god. In all such explanations, however, our ignorance of the exact processes of ancient thought ...

— Introduction to the History of Religions - Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV • Crawford Howell Toy

... the declaration of independence, has suffered more from anarchy than Peru. At the time of our visit there were four chiefs in arms contending for supremacy in the government: if one succeeded in becoming for a time very powerful, the others coalesced against him; but no sooner were they victorious than they were again hostile to each other. The other day, at the Anniversary of the Independence, high mass was performed, the President partaking of the sacrament: during the "Te Deum laudamus," instead ...

— A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World - The Voyage Of The Beagle • Charles Darwin

... enough a bluish-pink fluid began moving down through the porcelain filter, and dripping through the funnel into the beaker below. Each drop coalesced in the beaker as it fell until Fuzzy's whole body had been sucked through the filter and into the jar below. He was still not quite his normal pink color, but as the filter went dry, a pair of frightened shoe-button eyes ...

— Star Surgeon • Alan Nourse

... which arrived from this young soldier, who had formed a junction with General Kosciusko, were in the highest degree formidable to the coalesced powers. Having gained several advantages over the Prussians, the two victorious battalions were advancing towards Inowlotz, when a large and fresh body of the enemy appeared suddenly on their rear. The enemy ...

— Thaddeus of Warsaw • Jane Porter