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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To unite in one body or product; to combine into one body or community; as, vapors coalesce. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Jews were incapable of coalescing with other nations. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

Syn. -- See Add. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. joined together into a whole.
Syn. -- amalgamate, amalgamated, consolidated, fused. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. coalescens, p. pr. ] Growing together; cohering, as in the organic cohesion of similar parts; uniting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of not coalescing. [ 1913 Webster ]