The Collaborative International Dictionary
Consolidate \Con*sol"i*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consolidated; p. pr. & vb. n. Consolidating.]
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To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.
He fixed and consolidated the earth.
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To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic.
Consolidating numbers into unity.
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(Surg.) To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound. [R.]
Syn: To unite; combine; harden; compact; condense; compress.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of consolidate English)
Usage examples of "consolidating".
In 1967 it set up the Department of Transportation (thus consolidating activities formerly carried out in thirty different agencies,) and, at about the same time, the President called for a merger of the departments of Labor and Commerce.
By turning on to LSD, Methedrine or heroin, he performs an illegal act that has, at least, the virtue of consolidating his miseries.
Spirit was active doing the detail work for consolidating the unit, forging it into an efficient and responsive organization.
Especially to delay that colony ship from landing and consolidating the heavyworlders' gains.
So tell me, Afra of Capella, what do you think of consolidating the station's operations?
Italy and Spain had made valiant, combined force efforts to establish footholds along the coast in order to open up a second front and threaten the rear of the GIR force massing in Egypt, but they had failed and the GIR was consolidating its position.
Chinese, Indian, and Indonesian forces were consolidating and fortifying their gains in Malaysia, the Philippines, Japan, New Guinea, the Indian Ocean, and several major island chains in the western and southwestern Pacific.
We and our allies are new in the process of consolidating those gains and continuing to settle our loyal citizens in those vast new lands.
It means about five hundred new jobs, consolidating a few operations at the new location.
Daryaei HUY old, and consolidating the rule over a newly acquired country wasn't exactly a trivial undertaking.
Daryaei was old, and consolidating the rule over a newly acquired country wasn't exactly a trivial undertaking.
Norwich itself had fallen to the rebel forces yesterday, and now the streamers of red cloud were consolidating above the city.
There were shapes flickering in the darkness, consolidating into outlines which she thought she recognized.
I can't have any officers upset by disturbing ideas while I am consolidating my administration.
The sparks danced and crawled for some few moments, finally consolidating in the area of the rectangle, until that empty space between Rathekrel's flattened palms flared to life in a glowing rectangle.