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Definition of Consolidate

1. Verb. Unite into one. "The companies consolidated"

2. Verb. Make firm or secure; strengthen. "Consolidate one's hold on first place"

3. Verb. Bring together into a single whole or system. "The town and county schools are being consolidated"

4. Verb. Form into a solid mass or whole. "The mud had consolidated overnight"

5. Verb. Make or form into a solid or hardened mass. "Consolidate fibers into boards"

Definition of Consolidate

1. a. Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.

2. v. t. To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.

3. v. i. To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying.

Definition of Consolidate

1. Verb. To combine into a single unit; to group together or join. ¹

2. Verb. To make stronger or more solid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Consolidate

1. [v -DATED, -DATING, -DATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Consolidate

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Literary usage of Consolidate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Incorporation and Organization of Corporations Created by Thomas Gold Frost (1908)
"Power to consolidate with other Corporations. — Corporations cannot consolidate as against dissenting stockholders, however desirable or beneficial the ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"To bring together and unite firmly into one mass or body ; cause to cohere or cleave together : as, to consolidate the forces of an army, or materials into ..."

3. An Elementary Digest of the Law of Property in Land by Stephen Martin Leake (1874)
"So also consolidate. the mortgagee of one estate who subsequently buys in a mortgage upon another estate of the same mortgagor (e). ..."

4. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate, New Jersey, Idaho Legislature. Senate, Legislature (1907)
"... chapter 14 of the Laws of 1880, entitled 'An act to further amend chapter 143 of the Laws of 1861, entitled "An act to amend and consolidate the several ..."

5. The Statutory and Case Law Applicable to Private Companies, with Special by James Brooks Dill, Frank White, Frank Cowen McKinney (1911)
"Corporations of this state may merge and consolidate. Any two or more corporations organized or to be organized under any law or laws of this state for the ..."

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