Hypertext Webster Gateway: "merging"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Merge \Merge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Merged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Merging}.] [L. mergere, mersum. Cf. {Emerge}, {Immerse},
{Marrow}.]
To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.
To merge all natural . . . sentiment in inordinate
vanity. --Burke.
Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the
transcendent duties of patriots. --De Quincey.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
merging
adj 1: combining or mixing [syn: {blending}, {mingling}]
2: flowing together [syn: {confluent}, {merging(a)}]
n 1: the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two
groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of
minds" [syn: {meeting}, {coming together}]
2: a flowing together (as of rivers) [syn: {confluence}, {conflux}]
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