Consolidate

01 a. Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.

1.
Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.[R.]
“A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate.” — Elyot.

02 v. t. To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.

imp. & p. p. Consolidated; p. pr. & vb. n. Consolidating

1.
To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.
“He fixed and consolidated the earth.” — T. Burnet.
2.
To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic.
“Consolidating numbers into unity.” — Wordsworth.
3.
To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound.(Surg.) [R.]

Syn. To unite; combine; harden; compact; condense; compress.

03 v. i. To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying.

1.
To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying.
“In hurts and ulcers of the head, dryness maketh them more apt to consolidate.” — Bacon.