a. [ L. consolidatus, p. pr. of consolidare to make firm; con- + solidare to make firm; solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Consound. ] Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
A gentleman [ should learn to ride ] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
He fixed and consolidated the earth. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]
Consolidating numbers into unity. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid;
In hurts and ulcers of the head, dryness maketh them more apt to consolidate. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. p. & a.
The Aggregate Fund . . . consisted of a great variety of taxes and surpluses of taxes and duties which were [ in 1715 ] consolidated. Rees. [ 1913 Webster ]
A mass of partially consolidated mud. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]
Consolidated plants are evidently adapted and designed for very dry regions; in such only they are found. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Consolidated Fund,