amal·gam·ate /-gəˌmet/
 (vt.)(vi.)使與汞混合,合并


 amal·gam·ate /əˈmælgəˌmet/ 及物動詞
 汞齊化,使混汞,使合并,使混合


 A·mal·ga·mate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amalgamated; p. pr. & vb. n. Amalgamating.]
 1. To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.
 2. To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another.
    Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one.   --Burke.


 A·mal·ga·mate, v. i.
 1. To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver.
 2. To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate.

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 A·mal·ga·mate A·mal·ga·ma·ted a. Coalesced; united; combined.

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 amalgamate
      adj : joined together into a whole; "United Industries"; "the
            amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a
            consolidated school" [syn: amalgamated, coalesced,
            consolidated, fused]
      v : to bring or combine together or with something else;
          "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" [syn: mix, mingle,
           commix, unify]