amalgamate
/icons/point.icon MIX, MINGLE, COMMINGLE, BLEND, MERGE, COALESCE, AMALGAMATE, FUSE mean to combine into a more or less uniform whole.
MIX may or may not imply loss of each element's identity.
e.g. mix the salad greens mix a drink
MINGLE usually suggests that the elements are still somewhat distinguishable or separately active.
e.g. fear mingled with anticipation in my mind
COMMINGLE implies a closer or more thorough mingling.
e.g. a sense of duty commingled with a fierce pride drove her
BLEND implies that the elements as such disappear in the resulting mixture.
e.g. blended several teas to create a balanced flavor
MERGE suggests a combining in which one or more elements are lost in the whole.
e.g. in his mind reality and fantasy merged
COALESCE implies an affinity in the merging elements and usually a resulting organic unity.
e.g. telling details that coalesce into a striking portrait
AMALGAMATE implies the forming of a close union without complete loss of individual identities.
e.g. refugees who were readily amalgamated into the community
FUSE stresses oneness and indissolubility of the resulting product.
e.g. a building in which modernism and classicism are fused
verb
combine or unite to form one organization or structure:
«…と/…として» 〈会社･組織など〉を合併する(merge) «with/ as» ; «…に» …を統合［混合］する «into» ; 〈人種など〉を融合する
e.g. with object : he amalgamated his company with another
e.g. no object : numerous small railroad companies amalgamated
e.g. (as adjective amalgamated) : his true genius lies in synthesis, in an amalgamated vision.
with object Chemistry alloy (a metal) with mercury:
〘冶金〙 〈金属〉をアマルガムにする
e.g. (as adjective amalgamated) : amalgamated zinc.
ORIGIN
early 17th century: from medieval Latin amalgamat- ‘formed into a soft mass’, from the verb amalgamare, from amalgama (see amalgam).