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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Consolidation

/kən-sälˌ-əd-āsh'-ən/ · Con·sol·i·da·tion · IPA /kənˌsɑləˈdeɪʃən/
01 n. The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.
  1. 1.
    The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.
    “The consolidation of the marble and of the stone did not fall out at random.” — Woodward.
    “The consolidation of the great European monarchies.” — Hallam.
  2. 2.
    To organic cohesion of different circled in a flower; adnation.(Bot.)
  3. 3.
    The combination of several actions into one.(Law)