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verb

Coalesce v. i. (past & past part. coalesced; pres. part. coalescing)

To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.

To unite in one body or product; to combine into one body or community; as, vapors coalesce. "The Jews were incapable of coalescing with other nations." "Certain combinations of ideas that, once coalescing, could not be shaken loose."

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"Coalesce" Quotes from Famous Books

... highly, and Miss Dodd, too, in spite of her manifest defects; but in making up parties, however small, we should choose our guests with reference to each other, not merely to ourselves. Now, forgive me, it was clear beforehand that Mr. Talboys and the Dodds, especially Miss Dodd, would never coalesce; hence my objection in inviting them; but you overruled me—with a rod ...

— Love Me Little, Love Me Long • Charles Reade

... that of all powers Prussia was the very last who with any shadow of justice could pretend to an indemnification at the expense of Saxony. In the year 1805, the King, then Elector of Saxony, strongly advised the Prussian Cabinet to forget its ancient rivalry and jealousy of Austria and to coalesce with the latter power, in resisting the encroachments of Napoleon, in order to prevent the latter from attempting the overthrow of the whole fabric of the constitution of the Holy Roman Empire, with the ...

— After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 • Major W. E Frye

... impatient protest. "Dartrey is a dreamer. He might even have dreamed away his opportunities if you hadn't come along. Miller would never have handled the House as you have. Miller was made to create factions. You were made to coalesce, to smooth over difficulties, to bring men of opposite points of view into the same camp. You are a genius at it, Tallente. Six months ago I was only afraid of the Democrats. Now I dread them. Shall I tell you what it ...

— Nobody's Man • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... charge brought against him. It was plain as the sun at midday.[4] But Cicero was about to stand himself for the consulship, the object of his most passionate desire. He had several competitors; and as he thought well of Catiline's prospects, he intended to coalesce with him.[5] Catiline was acquitted, apparently through a special selection of the judges, with the connivance of the prosecutor. The canvass was violent, and the corruption flagrant. [6]Cicero ...

— Caesar: A Sketch • James Anthony Froude

... signal wave sent into the cable has travelled to the receiving end before sending another, a series of waves may be sent after each other in rapid succession. These waves, encroaching upon each other, will coalesce at their bases; but if the crests remain separate, the delicate decipherer at the other end will take cognisance of them and make them known to the eye as the ...

— Heroes of the Telegraph • J. Munro

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