The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amalgamate \A*mal"ga*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amalgamated; p. pr. & vb. n. Amalgamating.]
To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.
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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.
--Burke.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of amalgamate English)
Usage examples of "amalgamating".
After amalgamating with another agricultural order, known as the Brothers of Freedom, the Wheel began to roll into the adjoining States.
When they had a difficult frontier to defend, they settled it with old soldiers wed to barbarian girls, which proved quite an effective means of gradually amalgamating their enemies into their empire, as well as providing a certain source of tax revenues rather than expenditures and, at the same time, a virtual breeding ground for the next generation of soldiers.
The minutest particles were driven through a fine wire screen which fitted close around the battery, and were washed into great tubs warmed by super-heated steam--amalgamating pans, they are called.