Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To unite or coalesce.
- To cause to unite or coalesce.
- United or coalesced: applied specifically, in entomology, to parts structurally or usually separated when they are closely united without a dividing incisure or suture, as the scutellum when it is connate with the pronotum, or the prolegs of a caterpillar when those of a pair are united, only the ends being sometimes distinct.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To unite or coalesce.
- transitive verb obsolete To cause to unite or coalesce.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To cause to
unite orcoalesce .
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Examples
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Mr Parker electrified the London Underground and created overhead tramways in Liverpool and Birmingham, and the smokeless fuel coalite.
Was World’s First Electric Car Built By A British Inventor In 1884? | Impact Lab 2009
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Parker also electrified the London Underground, built trams in Birmingham and Liverpool, and invented a smokeless fuel called coalite.
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Parker also electrified the London Underground, built trams in Birmingham and Liverpool, and invented a smokeless fuel called coalite.
Gizmodo 2009
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Parker also electrified the London Underground, built trams in Birmingham and Liverpool, and invented a smokeless fuel called coalite.
Gizmodo 2009
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Parker also electrified the London Underground, built trams in Birmingham and Liverpool, and invented a smokeless fuel called coalite.
Gizmodo 2009
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