— coalescence , n. — coalescent , adj.
/koh'euh les"/ , v. , coalesced, coalescing .
v.i.
1. to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
2. to unite so as to form one mass, community, etc.: The various groups coalesced into a crowd.
3. to blend or come together: Their ideas coalesced into one theory.
v.t.
4. to cause to unite in one body or mass.
[ 1535-45; coalescere, equiv. to co- CO- + al- (s. of alere to nourish, make grow) + -escere -ESCE ]
Syn. 1, 2. unite, combine, join. 2. amalgamate, fuse, blend, merge.