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

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 amalgamated
      adj 1: joined together into a whole; "United Industries"; "the
             amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a
             consolidated school" [syn: amalgamate, coalesced,
             consolidated, fused]
      2: caused to combine or unite [syn: intermingled, mixed, integrated]