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Merge

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

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Manner of action 14

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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Coalesce 76% connected

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

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Conjugate 76% connected

United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.

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Consolidate 76% connected

Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.

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Consubstantiate 76% connected

To cause to unite, or to regard as united, in one common substance or nature.

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Converge 76% connected

To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge.

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Federalize 76% connected

To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution.

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Federate 76% connected

United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations.

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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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Weld 76% connected

To wield.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Integrate 76% connected

To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Derivationally related 20

Conjugation 74% connected

the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.

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Conjugation 74% connected

the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.

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Intermixture 74% connected

A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed.

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Intermixture 74% connected

A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed.

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Jointure 74% connected

A joining; a joint.

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Jointure 74% connected

A joining; a joint.

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Miscellanea 74% connected

A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds.

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Miscellanea 74% connected

A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds.

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Mix 74% 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…

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Mix 74% 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…

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Mixable 74% connected

Capable of being mixed.

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Mixable 74% connected

Capable of being mixed.

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Mixer 74% connected

One who, or that which, mixes.

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Mixer 74% connected

One who, or that which, mixes.

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Mixing 74% connected

of Mix

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Mixing 74% connected

of Mix

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Mixture 74% connected

The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients.

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Mixture 74% connected

The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients.

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Uniting 74% connected

of Unite

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Uniting 74% connected

of Unite

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See also 2

Stump 66% connected

The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.

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Stump 66% connected

The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.

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Synonym 11

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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Coalesce 92% connected

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

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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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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Unify 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unite 92% 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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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