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Consolidate

//kənˈsɒl.ɪ.deɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated. obsolete

    "A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate."

Verb
  1. 1
    To combine into a single unit; to group together or join. ambitransitive

    "He consolidated his luggage into a single large bag."

  2. 2
    make firm or secure; strengthen wordnet
  3. 3
    To make stronger or more solid.

    "These infamous little green men appeared during the decisive seizures or buildings and facilities, only to disappear when associated militias and local troops arrived to consolidate the gains. In this way they provided a measure of deniability—however superficial or implausible—for Moscow.⁴⁰"

  4. 4
    make or form into a solid or hardened mass wordnet
  5. 5
    With respect to debt, to pay off several debts with a single loan.
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  1. 6
    form into a solid mass or whole wordnet
  2. 7
    unite into one wordnet
  3. 8
    bring together into a single whole or system wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin consolidātus, from the verb consolidō, from solidus (“solid”). By surface analysis, con- + solid + -ate.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin consolidātus, from the verb consolidō, from solidus (“solid”). By surface analysis, con- + solid + -ate.

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