amalgamateadj.
1. Combined or alloyed. (Said of mercury and another metal.)
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > of or relating to mercury processes or reactions > of or relating to amalgamation
amalgamate1647
amalgamated1827
1647 H. More Philos. Poems 262 Nimble quick-silver that doth agree With gold..or with what ere it be Amalgamate.
2. Combined, coalesced; spec. of languages (see quot. 1862).
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the mind > language > [adjective] > characterized by grammar
unaccidentedc1740
resupinate1836
atactic1842
amalgamate1849
anaptotic1850
isolating1860
encapsulating1868
grammarless1868
uninflected1875
amalgamating1877
intercalative1882
postmutative1899
positional1908
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [adjective] > combined
conjoint1393
redacta1398
combinate1583
combined1603
social1620
solida1626
consolidate1638
conjunct1649
alligateda1676
combinated1757
amalgamated1827
amalgamate1849
consolidateda1850
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 1346/2 The Amalgamate type, of which the classical languages are the most perfect example.
1850 E. B. Browning Lady Geraldine's Courtship lxviii. 3, I felt self-drawn out, as man, From amalgamate false natures.
1862 H. Spencer First Princ. (1870) 321 Out of these [agglutinate languages] by further use, arose the ‘amalgamate’ languages, or those in which the original separateness of the inflexional parts can no longer be traced.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
amalgamatev.
1. trans. To soften or dissolve (a metal) by combination with mercury; hence, to combine mercury with another metal.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to named chemical reaction or process > subject to specific mercury process or reaction > subject to amalgamation
amalgamc1386
amalgamize1599
amalgamatizea1626
amalgamate1660
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall (R.) Amalgamating mercury with a convenient proportion of pure tin.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (ed. 6) Amalgamate, to mix Mercury or Quicksilver with Gold, or some other noble Metal; so as to reduce it into a kind of Paste.
1753 E. Chambers Cycl. Suppl. Suppl. s.v. Amalgamation, The amalgamating mercury with copper is a very difficult process.
1875 A. Ure Dict. Arts III. 806 The chloride of silver thus formed..is amalgamated with the quicksilver.
2. intr. To enter into combination with mercury.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > undergo chemical reactions or processes [verb (intransitive)] > undergo chemical reactions or processes (named) > undergo specific mercury process or reaction > undergo amalgamation
amalgam1583
amalgamate1728
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Amalgamation, All Metals, except Iron and Copper, unite and amalgamate with Mercury.
1804 Wollaston in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 94 424 On the surface of mercury a metallic film was precipitated, but did not appear to amalgamate.
3. By extension, To mix any substances so as to form a uniform compound.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > prepare by mixing
mingOE
meddlec1350
compoundc1384
temper1390
mix1482
comfit1483
confect1575
mingle1587
to make up1649
concoct1676
amalgamate1821
to rub in1844
1821 Scott Kenilworth II. i. 18 Wayland..mixed, pounded, and amalgamated the drugs.
4. fig. To unite together (classes, races, societies, ideas, etc.) so as to form a homogeneous or harmonious whole. (Used either of combining two elements, or one element with another.)
a. trans.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (transitive)]
compoundc1384
combind1477
consolidate1511
combinea1535
conjoin1554
consociate1566
associate1578
mingle1587
symbolize1590
compack1605
cojoina1616
to run into ——1640
to put together1651
amalgamate1802
integrate1802
conferruminate1826
amalgam1827
synthetize1828
synthesize1830
portmanteau1902
team1939
synchronize1973
1802 T. Jefferson Let. 1 Apr. in Writings (1903) X. 308 It remains to amalgamate the comptroller and auditor into one.
1833 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 239 [The Romans] were ordained by Providence to conquer and amalgamate the materials of Christendom.
1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation §5. 157 To amalgamate Merton with Corpus Christi College.
1872 W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. i. i. 63 The four sentences of the original are amalgamated into two.
b. intr.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (intransitive)]
adjoin1483
combinate1578
meet1581
symbolize1601
cohere1606
to run together1662
consolidate1690
combine1712
to run into ——a1715
compound1727
accrete1730
amalgamate1797
concrete1853
1797 Anti-Jacobin 11 Dec. 39/1 Liberty's friends thus all learn to amalgamate.
1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. i. ii. 36 These once turbulent invaders had amalgamated amicably with the native race.
1862 G. P. Marsh Lect. Eng. Lang. ii. 31 The Celtic words in English..have never amalgamated with it.
1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking ix. 200 Two banks of issue had amalgamated.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online March 2011).
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