adj formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.
2. consolidate ·vi to grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying.
3. consolidate ·vt to unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound.
4. consolidate ·vt to make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.
5. consolidate ·vt 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.