Coalesce Definition

kōə-lĕs

coalesced, coalesces, coalescing

verb

coalesced, coalesces, coalescing

To grow together, as the halves of a broken bone.

Webster's New World

To come together as a recognizable whole or entity.

The stories that coalesced as the history of the movement.

American Heritage

To unite or merge into a single body, group, or mass.

Webster's New World

To come together for a single purpose.

The rebel units coalesced into one army to fight the invaders.

American Heritage

To cause to coalesce as a single whole or entity.

The survey responses were coalesced into a single document.

American Heritage

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Origin of Coalesce

Latin coalēscere co- co- alēscere to grow inchoative of alere to nourish al-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin coalēscō, from co- + alēscō (“grow up”).

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