Word: coalesce
Word origin: mid 16th century: from Latin coalescere ‘grow together’, from co- (from cum ‘with’) + alescere ‘grow up’ (from alere ‘nourish’).
Phonetic:
ˌkəʊəˈlɛs
Listen:
come together to form one mass or whole. Example: the puddles had coalesced into shallow streams
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