amalgamate

[ uh-mal-guh-meyt ]

verb (used with object)

, a·mal·ga·mat·ed, a·mal·ga·mat·ing.

1. to mix or merge so as to make a combination; blend; unite; combine:

   to amalgamate two companies.

2. Metallurgy. to mix or alloy (a metal) with mercury.

verb (used without object)

, a·mal·ga·mat·ed, a·mal·ga·mat·ing.

1. to combine, unite, merge, or coalesce:

   The three schools decided to amalgamate.

2. to blend with another metal, as mercury.

amalgamate

/ əˈmælɡəˌmeɪt /

verb

1. to combine or cause to combine; unite
2. to alloy (a metal) with mercury

Other Words From

• a·malga·ma·ble adjective
• a·malga·mative adjective
• a·malga·mator noun
• rea·malga·mate verb reamalgamated reamalgamating
• una·malga·ma·ble adjective
• una·malga·mated adjective
• una·malga·mating adjective
• una·malga·mative adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of amalgamate¹

1635–45 amalgam + -ate ¹( def )

Example Sentences

Another committee for the same purpose is also in formation, and the two committees will either amalgamate or work together.

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These latter it left to be dealt with by the new companies into which the craftsmen were beginning to amalgamate.

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It is evident that patterns, conventionalized and brought from distant sources, sometimes meet and amalgamate.

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Nor would she amalgamate with the children, nor even eat or drink except still beside “Sister,” as she called Angela.

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Even as early as Justin we find tendencies to amalgamate historical material and natural theology.

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