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coalescent, a. and n.|kəʊəˈlɛsənt|
[ad. L. coalescent-em, pr. pple. of coalescĕre: see above.]
A. adj. That coalesces; coalescing; growing together, combining.
1655H. Vaughan Silex Scint. ii. 168 For coalescent by that band We are His body grown. 1765W. Ward Ess. Grammar 161 The characteristic is denoted by the coalescent participle. 1848Dana Zooph. 276 Branches divaricate, often coalescent. 1872Nicholson Palæont. 160 The abdominal segments are coalescent.
B. n. One who or that which coalesces.
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