amalgamate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb to bring or combine together or with something else
    mix; unify; mingle; commix.
    • resourcefully he mingled music and dance
  2. adjective satellite joined together into a whole
    amalgamated; fused; coalesced; consolidated.
    • United Industries
    • the amalgamated colleges constituted a university
    • a consolidated school

WordNet

A*mal"ga*mate transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Amalgamated; present participle & verbal noun Amalgamating
Definitions
  1. To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.
  2. To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another.
    Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one. Burke.
A*mal"ga*mate intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver.
  2. To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate.
A*mal"ga*mate, A*mal"ga*ma`ted adjective (Also<
  • Amalgamate
  • Amalgamated
)
Definitions
  1. Coalesced; united; combined.

Webster 1913