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 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. 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.