amalgamate
English edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin amalgamātus, past participle of amalgamāre, amalgama.
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amalgamate (third-person singular simple present amalgamates, present participle amalgamating, simple past and past participle amalgamated)
- (transitive or intransitive) To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, A Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke to a Noble Lord, on the Attacks Made upon Him and His Pension, […], 10th edition, London: […] J. Owen, […], and F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC:
- Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one.
- To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.
- (transitive, mathematics) To combine (free groups) by identifying respective isomorphic subgroups.
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to combine or blend
to make an alloy of mercury and another metal
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Adjective edit
amalgamate (comparative more amalgamate, superlative most amalgamate)
Further reading edit
- amalgamate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
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amalgamate
- inflection of amalgamare:
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Participle edit
amalgamate f pl
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amalgamate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of amalgamar combined with te