Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Consolidate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Consolidate \Con*sol"i*date\, a. [L. consolidatus, p. pr. of
consolidare to make firm; con- + solidare to make firm;
solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Consound}.]
Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated. [R.]
A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender
and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully
consolidate. --Elyot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Consolidate \Con*sol"i*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Consolidated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consolidating}.]
1. To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact
mass; to harden or make dense and firm.
He fixed and consolidated the earth. --T. Burnet.
2. To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body;
to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to
consolidate the armies of the republic.
Consolidating numbers into unity. --Wordsworth.
3. (Surg.) To unite by means of applications, as the parts of
a broken bone, or the lips of a wound. [R.]
Syn: To unite; combine; harden; compact; condense; compress.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Consolidate \Con*sol"i*date\, v. i.
To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist
clay consolidates by drying.
In hurts and ulcers of the head, dryness maketh them
more apt to consolidate. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
consolidate
v 1: unite into one; "The companies consolidated"
2: make firm or secure; strengthen: "consolidate one's gains";
"consolidate one's hold on first place"
3: bring together into a single whole or system; "The town and
county schools are being consolidated"
4: form into a solid mass or whole; "The mud had consolidated
overnight"
5: make or form into a solid or hardened mass: "consolidate
fibers into boards"
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