Hypertext Webster Gateway: "amalgamate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amalgamate \A*mal"ga*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amalgamated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Amalgamating}.]
1. To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to
unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.
2. To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or
combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one
race with another.
Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues
compacted and amalgamated into one. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amalgamate \A*mal"ga*mate\, v. i.
1. To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as
quicksilver.
2. To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a
uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts
amalgamate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amalgamate \A*mal"ga*mate\, Amalgamated \A*mal"ga*ma`ted\, a.
Coalesced; united; combined.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
amalgamate
adj : joined together into a whole; "United Industries"; "the
amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a
consolidated school" [syn: {amalgamated}, {coalesced},
{consolidated}, {fused}]
v : to bring or combine together or with something else:
"resourcefully he mingled music and dance" [syn: {mix}, {mingle},
{commix}, {unify}]
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