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coalesce verb [ ˌkəʊəˈlɛs ]

• come together to form one mass or whole.
• "the puddles had coalesced into shallow streams"
Similar: unite, join together, combine, merge, fuse, mingle, meld, blend, intermingle, knit (together), amalgamate, consolidate, integrate, affiliate, link up, homogenize, synthesize, converge, commingle, commix,
Origin: mid 16th century: from Latin coalescere ‘grow together’, from co- (from cum ‘with’) + alescere ‘grow up’ (from alere ‘nourish’).


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