Consolidate \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.
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            He fixed and consolidated the earth.  --T. Burnet.
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   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.
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            Consolidating numbers into unity.     --Wordsworth.
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   3. (Surg.) 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.
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