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   Consolidate , a. [L. consolidatus, p. pr. of consolidare to make firm; con- + solidare to make firm; solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Consound.] Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated. [R.]
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   A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate.
   Elyot.
   
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   Consolidate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consolidated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Consolidating .]
   To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.
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   He fixed and consolidated the earth.
   T. Burnet.
   
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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.
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   Consolidating numbers into unity.
   Wordsworth.
   
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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.
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   Consolidate, v. i. To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying.
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   In hurts and ulcers of the head, dryness maketh them more apt to consolidate.
   Bacon.
   
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