单词 | coalesce |
释义 | coalesce —coalescence, n. —coalescent, adj. /koh'euh les"/, v. , coalesced, coalescing. v.i. 1. to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one. 2. to unite so as to form one mass, community, etc.: The various groups coalesced into a crowd. 3. to blend or come together: Their ideas coalesced into one theory. v.t. 4. to cause to unite in one body or mass. [1535-45; < L coalescere, equiv. to co- CO- + al- (s. of alere to nourish, make grow) + -escere -ESCE] Syn. 1, 2. unite, combine, join. 2. amalgamate, fuse, blend, merge. |
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