consolidateadj.

/kənˈsɒlɪdət/

Etymology: < Latin consolidātus, past participle of consolidāre : see consolidate v. Partly treated as short for consolidated.

= consolidated adj.

a. as past participle. (Now chiefly poetic.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > make (more) dense or solid

congealedc1384

consolidate1531

baked1547

condensate1555

congelate1574

concrete1598

indensate1599

coagulate1610

condense1610

condensated1625

concreted1634

spissed1635

conglaciated1656

corporified1680

solid1697

incrassateda1706

caked1820

solidified1828

consolidateda1850

sadded1894

densified1900

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > collecting into one mass or body > collected into one mass or body

aggregatec1400

consolidate1531

contracted1609

aggregated1615

congregate1626

consolidateda1850

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxv. sig. hv Experience..whereby knowlege is ratified, and (as I mought saye) consolidate.

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 25 All maner tytles ben now conioyned, consolydate, vnited, and vested..in the Kinges moste royall persone.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 211^v A wateryshe nuryshement not well consolidate.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. I7 She..hath consolidate Its tender limbs which earst did feebly bend.

c1674 Scot. Grievances under Lauderdale 25 To be consolidate into that malign meteor.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Two Voices in Poems (new ed.) II. 140 Tho' all experience past became Consolidate in mind and frame.

1873 H. E. H. King Disciples 9 The strife of Races scarce consolidate.

†b. as adj. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [adjective] > combined

conjoint1393

redacta1398

combinate1583

combined1603

social1620

solida1626

consolidate1638

conjunct1649

alligateda1676

combinated1757

amalgamated1827

amalgamate1849

consolidateda1850

1638 Gen. Demands conc. Covenant 7 Not any more as divided members, but as one consolidate lump.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

consolidatev.

/kənˈsɒlɪdeɪt/

Etymology: < Latin consolidāt- participial stem of consolidāre , < con- + solidāre to make firm or solid, < solidus solid adj.

1. transitive. To make solid; to form into a solid or compact mass; to solidify.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > make dense or solid [verb (transitive)]

congealc1384

sadc1384

resolvea1398

thightc1440

condense1477

constipate1546

condensate1555

engross1561

indense1576

sadden1600

settle1611

densate1613

solidate1640

corporify1644

conspissate1647

consolidate1653

conglaciate1660

solidify1799

densify1820

1653 H. Cogan tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. 2 The humor which is consolidated in the day by the power of the sun.

1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician II. 236 Melted Metals..afterwards consolidated.

1757 F. Home Princ. Agric. & Vegetation iv. §3. 136 The former..consolidate the ground.

1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 15 4 The metalling of the roads is better and more quickly consolidated by steam rollers.

2. To make firm or strong; to strengthen (now chiefly power, established systems, and the like).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > strengthening or confirmation of immaterial things > strengthen or confirm immaterial things [verb (transitive)]

strengha1175

strengthc1200

astrengthc1250

strength1340

confirmc1386

affirma1393

forcec1430

renforce?1473

corrobore1485

re-enforcec1485

reinforcec1485

stronga1500

consolidate?a1547

strengthen1546

sinewize1600

sinew1625

confortate1651

nervate1682

scaffolda1693

corroborate1698

substantiate1792

nerve1856

stouten1887

affirm1899

toughen1901

to put stuffing into1938

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > strengthening > make strong [verb (transitive)] > a part or organ

confirm1542

consolidate?a1547

vigorate1613

muniate1657

anneal1842

?a1547 Ten Recipes Henry VIII in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. ix. 223 The which [plaster] doith both consolidate and comforte the membre.

1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xxvi. 33 A vertuous woeman doth Consolidate Her husband.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. iv. 67 My forgiveness..would consolidate his reconciliation with Sir Charles Grandison.

1759 Symmer in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 413 The late Successes..by Sea and Land..have consolidated the power of the Minister.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 191 To aim rather at consolidating and securing his empire than at enlarging it.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire ii. 78 The English way of narrowing the mind and consolidating the social order.

a. To combine compactly into one mass, body, or connected whole (territories, estates, companies, administrations, commercial concerns, and the like; rarely, things material). spec.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (transitive)]

compoundc1384

combind1477

consolidate1511

combinea1535

conjoin1554

consociate1566

associate1578

mingle1587

symbolize1590

compack1605

cojoina1616

to run into ——1640

to put together1651

amalgamate1802

integrate1802

conferruminate1826

amalgam1827

synthetize1828

synthesize1830

portmanteau1902

team1939

synchronize1973

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > gather in one mass or form lumps

wholec1443

consolidate1511

clod1530

thicken?1578

contract1620

acervate1623

lump1624

bundlea1628

club1641

to lump together (occasionally up)1692

commassate1694

slump1822

pack1824

1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 17 §14 To annexe, appropre, unitye, and consolidate the forseid Churche, Parsonage and Glebe-landes.

1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III vi. 470 The duke of Feria..consolidated the territories of both branches of the Austrian race into one extensive and mighty empire.

1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 152 The legal existence of a woman..during the marriage..is incorporated or consolidated into that of her husband.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 11 When the iron is required to be doubled, or two or more pieces consolidated.

1870 Daily News 11 Feb. The telegraphs have not only been transferred, but consolidated.

b. To unite two parishes, benefices, or offices.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > church [verb (transitive)] > unite

consolidate1712

1712 H. Prideaux Direct. Church-wardens (ed. 4) 60 When two Churches are consolidated, the Rates..are still to be separate as before.

c. To unite the property and superiority, or the property and occupancy of land in the same person.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [verb (transitive)] > unite occupancy and property

consolidate1861

1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 222 The proprietor must..consolidate the two estates of property and superiority.

†4.

a. spec. To cause (the sides of a wound, the parts in a rupture or fracture) to unite or grow together, and so to heal. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > treatments uniting or replacing parts > unite or replace parts [verb (transitive)] > unite fractures, wounds, etc.

consoudec1400

consolid1483

solder1495

conglutine?1541

reconsolidate?1541

consolidate1563

agglutinate1589

solidate1657

splice1755

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations to heal or generate tissue > heal or generate tissue [verb (transitive)] > heal wounds or fractures

consoudec1400

consolid1483

solder1495

conglutine?1541

conglutinate1563

consolidate1563

glutinate1564

1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iv. ii. f. 48 To make fleshe growe in woundes and to consolidate and heale them.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 189 The braines of a Dog in linte and Wooll layed to a mans broken bones..doeth consolidate and ioyne them together again.

1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 364 Endeavouring to stop the effusion of blood, and consolidate the vessels.

a1788 P. Pott Chirurg. Wks. (1790) II. 46 Consolidating the parts supposed to be broken or torn.

†b. absol. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 39 We must consolidate with Syrup of Comfrey.

1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 72 Congelation requires Dissolvers; Ruptures, means that consolidate.

5. To unite or combine in one comprehensive statute (a number of distinct statutes, laws, or acts bearing upon the same subject).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)] > consolidate

consolidate1817

1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 778 A bill to amend and consolidate the different acts for regulating the residence of the clergy.

1858 L. Bucher in Philol. Soc. Trans. 54 To consolidate means to sum up in one statute the enactments of many others.

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 110 Employed in editing and consolidating the Scottish Acts.

6. To unite (several items of revenue) into one fund, applicable to certain purposes collectively; to combine a number of claims on the public exchequer or similar debts into one stock.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > income or revenue [verb (transitive)] > unite revenues in single fund

minglea1616

consolidate1753

pool?1780

society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > owe [verb (transitive)] > unite into one fund

consolidate1753

1753 [implied in: Bank of Eng. Dividend Bk. 5 Jan. A list of the proprietors in the capital or joint stock of 3 per cent. consolidated annuities erected by an Act of Parliament (25 Geo. II). (at consolidated annuities at consolidated adj. 1b)].

1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1815) IV. 250 It is probably the first debt ever assuming the title of consolidation, that did not express what the amount of the sum consolidated was.

1819 A. Rees Cycl. XV. at Funds It consisted of a great variety of taxes and duties which were in that year consolidated.

1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. v. 230 The customs duties were again consolidated in 1825 by the Act 6 Geo. IV. cap. 111.

7. intransitive (for reflexive).

a. To become solid or firm.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > become (more) dense or solid [verb (intransitive)]

thicka1000

starkOE

congealc1400

starken?a1513

concrease1578

thicken1598

knit1605

condensate1607

fix1626

saddena1642

concretea1676

incrassate1733

solidify1837

consolidate1885

1885 Lyell's Elem. Geol. xxix. 470 It being assumed that columnar trap has consolidated from a fluid state.

b. To combine or unite solidly or compactly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (intransitive)]

adjoin1483

combinate1578

meet1581

symbolize1601

cohere1606

to run together1662

consolidate1690

combine1712

to run into ——a1715

compound1727

accrete1730

amalgamate1797

concrete1853

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxiii. 145 They unite, they consolidate, these little Atoms cohere.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 319 These small weights have no effect at all until they consolidate and by their number grow into a great one.

†c. To grow together as the parts of a wound or fracture. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > process of healing of an injury, etc. > of injury, etc.: heal [verb (intransitive)] > of fracture or wound: unite

consolidate1626

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §785 Hurts and ulcers of the head require it not..dryness maketh them more apt to consolidate.

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 1 Those tender limbs began to consolidate and knit together.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Surgeons..say, The Parts begin to consolidate, i.e. to joyn together in one Piece.

Draft additions June 2017

transitive. Tennis. To reinforce (a break of an opponent's serve) by holding serve in the next game. Also intransitive.

ΚΠ

1969 Times of India 6 July 10/4 This time Laver consolidated the break.

1992 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 21 Dec. Three times she smashed aside Delone's serve..and each time failed to consolidate the break.

2003 Morning Star (Nexis) 1 July 12 Srichaphan consolidated to take the set 6-3 to level the match.

2006 V. Spadea & D. Markowitz Break Point 129 I focus on consolidating the break by serving into his body.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	consolidate
释义	consolidateadj. /kənˈsɒlɪdət/ Etymology: < Latin consolidātus, past participle of consolidāre : see consolidate v. Partly treated as short for consolidated. = consolidated adj. a. as past participle. (Now chiefly poetic.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > make (more) dense or solid congealedc1384 consolidate1531 baked1547 condensate1555 congelate1574 concrete1598 indensate1599 coagulate1610 condense1610 condensated1625 concreted1634 spissed1635 conglaciated1656 corporified1680 solid1697 incrassateda1706 caked1820 solidified1828 consolidateda1850 sadded1894 densified1900 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > collecting into one mass or body > collected into one mass or body aggregatec1400 consolidate1531 contracted1609 aggregated1615 congregate1626 consolidateda1850 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxv. sig. hv Experience..whereby knowlege is ratified, and (as I mought saye) consolidate. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 25 All maner tytles ben now conioyned, consolydate, vnited, and vested..in the Kinges moste royall persone. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 211^v A wateryshe nuryshement not well consolidate. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. I7 She..hath consolidate Its tender limbs which earst did feebly bend. c1674 Scot. Grievances under Lauderdale 25 To be consolidate into that malign meteor. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Two Voices in Poems (new ed.) II. 140 Tho' all experience past became Consolidate in mind and frame. 1873 H. E. H. King Disciples 9 The strife of Races scarce consolidate. †b. as adj. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [adjective] > combined conjoint1393 redacta1398 combinate1583 combined1603 social1620 solida1626 consolidate1638 conjunct1649 alligateda1676 combinated1757 amalgamated1827 amalgamate1849 consolidateda1850 1638 Gen. Demands conc. Covenant 7 Not any more as divided members, but as one consolidate lump. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021). consolidatev. /kənˈsɒlɪdeɪt/ Etymology: < Latin consolidāt- participial stem of consolidāre , < con- + solidāre to make firm or solid, < solidus solid adj. 1. transitive. To make solid; to form into a solid or compact mass; to solidify. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > make dense or solid [verb (transitive)] congealc1384 sadc1384 resolvea1398 thightc1440 condense1477 constipate1546 condensate1555 engross1561 indense1576 sadden1600 settle1611 densate1613 solidate1640 corporify1644 conspissate1647 consolidate1653 conglaciate1660 solidify1799 densify1820 1653 H. Cogan tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. 2 The humor which is consolidated in the day by the power of the sun. 1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician II. 236 Melted Metals..afterwards consolidated. 1757 F. Home Princ. Agric. & Vegetation iv. §3. 136 The former..consolidate the ground. 1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 15 4 The metalling of the roads is better and more quickly consolidated by steam rollers. 2. To make firm or strong; to strengthen (now chiefly power, established systems, and the like). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > strengthening or confirmation of immaterial things > strengthen or confirm immaterial things [verb (transitive)] strengha1175 strengthc1200 astrengthc1250 strength1340 confirmc1386 affirma1393 forcec1430 renforce?1473 corrobore1485 re-enforcec1485 reinforcec1485 stronga1500 consolidate?a1547 strengthen1546 sinewize1600 sinew1625 confortate1651 nervate1682 scaffolda1693 corroborate1698 substantiate1792 nerve1856 stouten1887 affirm1899 toughen1901 to put stuffing into1938 the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > strengthening > make strong [verb (transitive)] > a part or organ confirm1542 consolidate?a1547 vigorate1613 muniate1657 anneal1842 ?a1547 Ten Recipes Henry VIII in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. ix. 223 The which [plaster] doith both consolidate and comforte the membre. 1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xxvi. 33 A vertuous woeman doth Consolidate Her husband. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. iv. 67 My forgiveness..would consolidate his reconciliation with Sir Charles Grandison. 1759 Symmer in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 413 The late Successes..by Sea and Land..have consolidated the power of the Minister. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 191 To aim rather at consolidating and securing his empire than at enlarging it. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire ii. 78 The English way of narrowing the mind and consolidating the social order. 3. a. To combine compactly into one mass, body, or connected whole (territories, estates, companies, administrations, commercial concerns, and the like; rarely, things material). spec. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (transitive)] compoundc1384 combind1477 consolidate1511 combinea1535 conjoin1554 consociate1566 associate1578 mingle1587 symbolize1590 compack1605 cojoina1616 to run into ——1640 to put together1651 amalgamate1802 integrate1802 conferruminate1826 amalgam1827 synthetize1828 synthesize1830 portmanteau1902 team1939 synchronize1973 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > gather in one mass or form lumps wholec1443 consolidate1511 clod1530 thicken?1578 contract1620 acervate1623 lump1624 bundlea1628 club1641 to lump together (occasionally up)1692 commassate1694 slump1822 pack1824 1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 17 §14 To annexe, appropre, unitye, and consolidate the forseid Churche, Parsonage and Glebe-landes. 1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III vi. 470 The duke of Feria..consolidated the territories of both branches of the Austrian race into one extensive and mighty empire. 1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 152 The legal existence of a woman..during the marriage..is incorporated or consolidated into that of her husband. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 11 When the iron is required to be doubled, or two or more pieces consolidated. 1870 Daily News 11 Feb. The telegraphs have not only been transferred, but consolidated. b. To unite two parishes, benefices, or offices. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > church [verb (transitive)] > unite consolidate1712 1712 H. Prideaux Direct. Church-wardens (ed. 4) 60 When two Churches are consolidated, the Rates..are still to be separate as before. c. To unite the property and superiority, or the property and occupancy of land in the same person. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [verb (transitive)] > unite occupancy and property consolidate1861 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 222 The proprietor must..consolidate the two estates of property and superiority. †4. a. spec. To cause (the sides of a wound, the parts in a rupture or fracture) to unite or grow together, and so to heal. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > treatments uniting or replacing parts > unite or replace parts [verb (transitive)] > unite fractures, wounds, etc. consoudec1400 consolid1483 solder1495 conglutine?1541 reconsolidate?1541 consolidate1563 agglutinate1589 solidate1657 splice1755 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations to heal or generate tissue > heal or generate tissue [verb (transitive)] > heal wounds or fractures consoudec1400 consolid1483 solder1495 conglutine?1541 conglutinate1563 consolidate1563 glutinate1564 1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iv. ii. f. 48 To make fleshe growe in woundes and to consolidate and heale them. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 189 The braines of a Dog in linte and Wooll layed to a mans broken bones..doeth consolidate and ioyne them together again. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 364 Endeavouring to stop the effusion of blood, and consolidate the vessels. a1788 P. Pott Chirurg. Wks. (1790) II. 46 Consolidating the parts supposed to be broken or torn. †b. absol. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 39 We must consolidate with Syrup of Comfrey. 1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 72 Congelation requires Dissolvers; Ruptures, means that consolidate. 5. To unite or combine in one comprehensive statute (a number of distinct statutes, laws, or acts bearing upon the same subject). ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)] > consolidate consolidate1817 1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 778 A bill to amend and consolidate the different acts for regulating the residence of the clergy. 1858 L. Bucher in Philol. Soc. Trans. 54 To consolidate means to sum up in one statute the enactments of many others. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 110 Employed in editing and consolidating the Scottish Acts. 6. To unite (several items of revenue) into one fund, applicable to certain purposes collectively; to combine a number of claims on the public exchequer or similar debts into one stock. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > income or revenue [verb (transitive)] > unite revenues in single fund minglea1616 consolidate1753 pool?1780 society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > owe [verb (transitive)] > unite into one fund consolidate1753 1753 [implied in: Bank of Eng. Dividend Bk. 5 Jan. A list of the proprietors in the capital or joint stock of 3 per cent. consolidated annuities erected by an Act of Parliament (25 Geo. II). (at consolidated annuities at consolidated adj. 1b)]. 1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1815) IV. 250 It is probably the first debt ever assuming the title of consolidation, that did not express what the amount of the sum consolidated was. 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XV. at Funds It consisted of a great variety of taxes and duties which were in that year consolidated. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. v. 230 The customs duties were again consolidated in 1825 by the Act 6 Geo. IV. cap. 111. 7. intransitive (for reflexive). a. To become solid or firm. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > become (more) dense or solid [verb (intransitive)] thicka1000 starkOE congealc1400 starken?a1513 concrease1578 thicken1598 knit1605 condensate1607 fix1626 saddena1642 concretea1676 incrassate1733 solidify1837 consolidate1885 1885 Lyell's Elem. Geol. xxix. 470 It being assumed that columnar trap has consolidated from a fluid state. b. To combine or unite solidly or compactly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (intransitive)] adjoin1483 combinate1578 meet1581 symbolize1601 cohere1606 to run together1662 consolidate1690 combine1712 to run into ——a1715 compound1727 accrete1730 amalgamate1797 concrete1853 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxiii. 145 They unite, they consolidate, these little Atoms cohere. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 319 These small weights have no effect at all until they consolidate and by their number grow into a great one. †c. To grow together as the parts of a wound or fracture. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > process of healing of an injury, etc. > of injury, etc.: heal [verb (intransitive)] > of fracture or wound: unite consolidate1626 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §785 Hurts and ulcers of the head require it not..dryness maketh them more apt to consolidate. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 1 Those tender limbs began to consolidate and knit together. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Surgeons..say, The Parts begin to consolidate, i.e. to joyn together in one Piece. Draft additions June 2017 transitive. Tennis. To reinforce (a break of an opponent's serve) by holding serve in the next game. Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1969 Times of India 6 July 10/4 This time Laver consolidated the break. 1992 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 21 Dec. Three times she smashed aside Delone's serve..and each time failed to consolidate the break. 2003 Morning Star (Nexis) 1 July 12 Srichaphan consolidated to take the set 6-3 to level the match. 2006 V. Spadea & D. Markowitz Break Point 129 I focus on consolidating the break by serving into his body. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1531v.1511
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