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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Amalgamate

A-măl'gam-āte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. AMALGAMATED; p. pr. & vb. n. AMALGAMATING.] [It. amalgamare, Fr. amalgamer.]

Sense 1. To compound or mix, as quicksilver with another metal.

Sense 2. To mix, so as to make a compound; to unite.

Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one. Burke.

A-măl’gam-āte, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver. 2. To coalesce, as a result of growth; as, two organs or parts amalgamate.