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/əmˈælgəmˌeɪt/ Listen

verb

Amalgamate v. t. (past & past part. amalgamated; pres. part. amalgamating)

To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.

To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another. "Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one."

Amalgamate v. i.

To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver.

To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate.

adjective

Amalgamated, Amalgamate adj. Coalesced; united; combined.

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Etymology of 'Amalgamate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Amalgamate" Quotes from Famous Books

... as great a difference in the state of society in Canada as it has in its commercial and political importance. When we came to the Canadas, society was composed of elements which did not always amalgamate ...

— Roughing it in the Bush • Susanna Moodie

... "po-zee-shown." His animation he seems to communicate to his leg-wearied men who crowd round him to hear that the Yanks are come to relieve them. With great show of fun but serious intent, too, he "marries the squads" of Americans and Frenchies as they amalgamate for the joint attack. "Kat-tsank-awn-tsank" comes to mean 455 as he talks first in French to his poilus and then through our Detroit doughboy French interpreter to the doughboys. Captain he is of a Colonial regiment, veteran of Africa and every front in Europe, with ...

— The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki - Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 • Joel R. Moore

... prizes were passages to California, and the lotteries were very popular. The French, or keskydees, as they were universally called, always went about in gangs, while the other nationalities were more inclined to amalgamate with the rest of the community. We saw, also, several "Dutch Charleys" who had struck it rich. They were moon-faced, bland, chuckle-headed looking men, generally with walrus moustaches, squat and heavy, with fatuous, placid smiles. I suppose they ...

— Gold • Stewart White

... from all that I can hear or see, not at all pleased with the present order of things, and they much lament the being severed from France. The two people, the Belgians and Hollanders, do not seem to amalgamate; and the former, though they render ample justice to the moderation, good sense, and beneficent intentions of the present monarch, who is personally respected by every one, yet do not disguise their wish to be reunited to France ...

— After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 • Major W. E Frye

... to see the wisdom of his plan to amalgamate with the organ of the Labor unions was a great disappointment to Partridge; for he had been working towards this consummation for some time, devoutly wished it and considered the time opportune for such a move. He believed it to be of vital importance to "the Cause" and its future. In October ...

— Deep Furrows • Hopkins Moorhouse

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