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Pronunciation : Co`a*lesce"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. coalescere, coalitium; co- + alescere to grow up, incho. fr. alere to nourish. See Aliment, n.]
Definition : 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Coalesced; p. pr. & vb. n. Coalescing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913