consolidate

a. ஒன்றாக்கப்பட்ட, கெட்டியாக்கப்பட்ட, (வி.) திடமாக்கு, வலுப்படுத்து, கெட்டியான தொகுதியாக்கு, ஒன்றாக்கு, இரண்டறக்கல, கெட்டியாகு, ஒன்றாகு.

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Con*sol"i*date, a. Etym: [L. consolidatus, p.pr. of consolidare to make firm; con- + solidare to make firm; solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Consound.] Defn: Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated. [R.] A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate. Elyot. Con*sol"i*date, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Consolidated; p.pr. & vb.n. Consolidating.] 1. To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm. He fixed and consolidated the earth. T. Burnet. 2. To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic. Consolidating numbers into unity. Wordsworth. 3. (Surg.) Defn: To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound. [R.] Syn. -- To unite; combine; harden; compact; condense; compress. Con*sol"i*date, v. i. Defn: To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying. In hurts and ulcers of the head, dryness maketh them more apt to consolidate. Bacon.