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.
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 (?), a.
[L. consolidatus, p. pr. of consolidare to make firm; con- + solidare to make firm;
solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Consound.]
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.
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