Noah Webster
Consolidate
CONSOLIDATE, verb transitive [Latin , solid. See Solid.]
1. To make solid to unite or press together loose or separate parts, and form a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.
He fixed and consolidated the earth above the waters.
2. To unite the parts of a broken bone or the lips of a wound, by means of applications.
3. To unite two parliamentary bills in one.
4. In law, to combine two benefices in one.
CONSOLIDATE, verb intransitive To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid.
In hurts and ulcers of the head, dryness maketh them more apt to consolidate
Moist clay consolidates by drying.
CONSOLIDATE, adjective Formed into a solid mass.