con·sol·i·date /kənˈsɑləˌdet/
(vt.)鞏固,使聯合,統一(vi.)鞏固
consolidate
合併
Con·sol·i·date a. 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. 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. 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.
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consolidate
v 1: unite into one; "The companies consolidated"
2: make firm or secure; strengthen; "consolidate one's gains";
"consolidate one's hold on first place"
3: bring together into a single whole or system; "The town and
county schools are being consolidated"
4: form into a solid mass or whole; "The mud had consolidated
overnight"
5: make or form into a solid or hardened mass; "consolidate
fibers into boards"