[con.sol.i.date] vb -dat.ed ; -dat.ing [L consolidatus, pp. of consolidare to make solid, fr. com- + solidus solid] vt (ca. 1512) 1: to join together into one whole: unite "~ several small school districts"
2: to make firm or secure: strengthen "~ their hold on first place"
3: to form into a compact mass ~ vi: to become consolidated; specif: merge "the two companies consolidated" -- con.sol.i.da.tor n