Coalesce \Co`a*lesce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coalesced; p. pr. & vb. n. Coalescing.]

[L. coalescere, coalitium; co- + alescere to grow up, incho. fr. alere to nourish. See Aliment, n.]

1. To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.

2. To unite in one body or product; to combine into one body or community; as, vapors coalesce.

The Jews were incapable of coalescing with other nations. --Campbell.

Certain combinations of ideas that, once coalescing, could not be shaken loose. --De Quincey.

Syn: See Add.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)