coalesce Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb mix together different elements
    mix; conflate; immix; commingle; flux; fuse; combine; merge; blend; meld.
    • The colors blend well
  2. verb fuse or cause to grow together

WordNet

Co`a*lesce" intransitive verb
Etymology
L. coalescere, coalitium; co- + alescere to grow up, incho. fr. alere to nourish. See Aliment, n.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Coalesced ; present participle & verbal noun Coalescing
Definitions
  1. To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.
  2. To unite in one body or product; to combine into one body or community; as, vapors coalesce.
    The Jews were incapable of coalescing with other nations. Campbell.
    Certain combinations of ideas that, once coalescing, could not be shaken loose. De Quincey.
    Syn. -- See Add.

Webster 1913