amalgamate
[uh-mal-guh-meyt]
verb (used with object), a·mal·ga·mat·ed, a·mal·ga·mat·ing.
to mix or merge so as to make a combination; blend; unite; combine: to amalgamate two companies.
Metallurgy. to mix or alloy (a metal) with mercury.
verb (used without object), a·mal·ga·mat·ed, a·mal·ga·mat·ing.
to combine, unite, merge, or coalesce: The three schools decided to amalgamate.
to blend with another metal, as mercury.
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Origin of amalgamate
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amalgamate
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amalgamate
1650s, back-formation from amalgamation, or from adjective amalgamate (1640s) from amalgam. Originally in metallurgy; figurative sense of "to unite" (races, etc.) is attested from 1802. Related: Amalgamated; amalgamating. Earlier verb was amalgamen (1540s).
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