1. (v.) To combine into a single mass.

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

3. (v. t.) 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.

4. (v. t.) To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound.

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

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