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CONSOLIDATE, v.t. [L., solid. See Solid.]
CONSOLIDATE, v.i. To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid.
CONSOLIDATE, a. Formed into a solid mass.
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. 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. 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. 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. | ||||||||