Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coalesced"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coalesce \Co`a*lesce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Coalesced}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Coalescing}.] [L. coalescere, coalitium; co- +
alescere to grow up, incho. fr. alere to nourish. See
{Aliment}, n.]
1. To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as,
the parts separated by a wound coalesce.
2. 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. --Campbell.
Certain combinations of ideas that, once coalescing,
could not be shaken loose. --De Quincey.
Syn: See {Add}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
coalesced
adj : joined together into a whole; "United Industries"; "the
amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a
consolidated school" [syn: {amalgamate}, {amalgamated},
{consolidated}, {fused}]
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