Thesaurus: consolidate

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1. a. Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.
2. v. t. To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.
3. v. t. 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.
4. v. t. To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound.
5. v. i. To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying.
6. v. unite into one
7. v. make firm or secure; strengthen
8. v. bring together into a single whole or system
9. v. form into a solid mass or whole
10. v. make or form into a solid or hardened mass
11. 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. 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. 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.
12. Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated. [R.]A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawnsand sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate. Elyot.