coalesce

Definition

To join into a single mass or whole.

Etymology

From Latin coalēscō, from co- + alēscō (“grow up”).

Example Sentences

• "The droplets coalesced into a puddle."
• "[…] when a thing's own light and the light from something else coalescing into one on bright and smooth surfaces produce a form which yields a perception reversed from the way a thing normally looks."
• "The puddle coalesced from the droplets as they ran together."

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