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Synonyms for amalgamate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-mal-guh-meyt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈmæl gəˌmeɪt

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Définition of amalgamate

Origin :
  • 1650s, back-formation from amalgamation, or from adjective amalgamate (1640s) from amalgam. Originally in metallurgy; figurative sense of "to unite" (races, etc.) is attested from 1802. Related: Amalgamated; amalgamating. Earlier verb was amalgamen (1540s).
  • verb blend
Example sentences :
  • They seemed very shy of each other, and did not amalgamate at all.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870 » by Various
  • Mercury does not amalgamate with copper so readily as with gold or silver.
  • Extract from : « Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining » by John S. Hittell
  • But if you amalgamate your business with that of Captain Danvers's company, you will make 25,000.
  • Extract from : « The Trader's Wife » by Louis Becke
  • The law cannot possibly lower its standard, nor yet amalgamate with grace.
  • Extract from : « Notes on the book of Exodus » by C. H. (Charles Henry) Mackintosh
  • These sometimes fail to amalgamate, and so the artistic precipitation is cloudy.
  • Extract from : « Iconoclasts » by James Huneker
  • These are to be well mixed, and allowed to stand a month, to amalgamate.
  • Extract from : « Gunnery in 1858 » by William Greener
  • He has all the genius that could comport with oddity, and all the oddity that could amalgamate with genius.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 66 No.406, August 1849 » by Various
  • He would not amalgamate with them; nor would he adopt their principles.
  • Extract from : « The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky » by Modeste Tchaikovsky
  • The historical error was that Russia did not amalgamate with the Tartars.
  • Extract from : « The Created Legend » by Feodor Sologub
  • The black and white races had not amalgamated and were not inclining to amalgamate.
  • Extract from : « The English in the West Indies » by James Anthony Froude

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