amalgamate
adjEtymology From Medieval Latin amalgamātus, past participle of amalgamāre, amalgama.
1
Coalesced; united; combined.
amalgamate
verb/əˈmælɡəˌmeɪt/
Etymology From Medieval Latin amalgamātus, past participle of amalgamāre, amalgama.
1
To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.
- to amalgamate two races
- to amalgamate one race with another
2 more examples
- Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one.1796, Edmund Burke, A Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke to a Noble Lord, on the Attacks Made upon Him and His Pension, […], London: […] J. Owen, […], and F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC:
- At length, the two schemes were amalgamated to form the Manchester & Birmingham, which was to pass through the Potteries and join the Grand Junction at Chebsey, a few miles north of Stafford.1957 September 23, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 617:
2
To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.
3
Mathematics, Sciences To combine (free groups) by identifying respective isomorphic subgroups.
- Derived terms
- reamalgamate, unamalgamating
- Related terms
- amalgam, amalgamation