Consolidate

Consolidate - Other Definitions

• (a.) Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.
  
  
• (v. t.) To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.
  
  
• (v. t.) 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.
  
  
• (v. t.) To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound.
  
  
• (v. i.) To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying.