coalesce

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It is one thing to appeal to moral principle in the silly faith that ethics as well as economics moves by an invisible hand, so that individual rights and the general good will coalesce, and law based on principle will move the nation to a frictionless utopia where everyone is better off than he was before.

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  1. intransitive verb To grow together; fuse.
  2. intransitive verb To come together so as to form one whole; unite: The rebel units coalesced into one army to fight the invaders. See Synonyms at mix.

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  • Those who would study the phenomenon must remember that where opinions approximate on parallel lines, but from some interest or sentiment refuse to coalesce, the passions are liable to ignite. —  Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of William H F Lee
  • They seemed to coalesce, and took the shape of a rearing cobra, the same baleful influence that he and Nefer had encountered in the nest of the royal falcon on the cliffs of Bir Umm Masara. —  Warlock
  • As bits of evidence began to coalesce, Sheriff Dumire assembled a fairly clear picture of what must have happened to Sorenson. —  Centennial
  • It is one thing to appeal to moral principle in the silly faith that ethics as well as economics moves by an invisible hand, so that individual rights and the general good will coalesce, and law based on principle will move the nation to a frictionless utopia where everyone is better off than he was before. —  A Special Supplement: The Jurisprudence of Richard Nixon
  • But they didn't ... coalesce was the word he used. " —  Some by Fire
 

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  1. Latin coalēscere : co-, co- + alēscere, to grow, inchoative of alere, to nourish; see al-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin coalescere, grow together, from co-, together, + alescere, grow up, from alere, nourish: see aliment.
 

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