Con*sol"i*date (?), a. [L.
consolidatus, p. pr. of consolidare to make firm;
con- + solidare to make firm; solidus solid.
See Solid, and cf. Consound.] 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.
Con*sol"i*date (?), v. t.
[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. (Surg.) To unite by means of
applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a
wound. [R.]
Syn. -- To unite; combine; harden; compact; condense;
compress.
Con*sol"i*date, v. i. 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.
