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Coalesce

To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.

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Absorb 76% connected

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

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Accrete 76% connected

To grow together.

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Admix 76% connected

To mingle with something else; to mix.

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Alloy 76% connected

Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury…

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Clog 76% connected

That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

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Clot 76% connected

A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum.

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Conjugate 76% connected

United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.

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Gauge 76% connected

To measure or determine with a gauge.

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Melt 76% connected

See 2d Milt.

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Merge 76% connected

To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.

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Unify 76% connected

To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one.

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Unite 76% connected

To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to…

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Coalescence 74% connected

The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concr…

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Coalescence 74% connected

The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concr…

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Coalition 74% connected

The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms.

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Coalition 74% connected

The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms.

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Synonym 9

Blend 92% connected

To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguis…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Combine 92% connected

To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, as by chemical u…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Commingle 92% connected

To mingle together; to mix in one mass, or intimately; to blend.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Conflate 92% connected

To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flux 92% connected

The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fuse 92% connected

To liquefy by heat; to render fiuid; to dissolve; to melt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Immix 92% connected

To mix; to mingle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Merge 92% connected

To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mix 92% connected

To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of, as of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance with others; to unite or b…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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