·adj Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.
II. Consolidate ·vi To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying.
III. Consolidate ·vt To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound.
IV. Consolidate ·vt To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.
V. Consolidate ·vt 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.