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merge  (mûrj)
v. merged, merg·ing, merg·es
v.tr.
1. To cause to be absorbed, especially in gradual stages.
2. To combine or unite: merging two sets of data.
v.intr.
1. To blend together, especially in gradual stages.
2. To become combined or united. See Synonyms at mix.
[Latin mergere, to plunge.]
mergence n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.merging - the act of joining together as onemerging - the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds"
coming together, meeting
converging, convergency, convergence - the act of converging (coming closer)
concourse, confluence - a coming together of people
2.merging - a flowing together
conflux, confluence
blending, blend - the act of blending components together thoroughly
Adj.1.merging - flowing togethermerging - flowing together                    
confluent
convergent - tending to come together from different directions
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At the time I now write of, Father Mapple was in the hardy winter of a healthy old age; that sort of old age which seems merging into a second flowering youth, for among all the fissures of his wrinkles, there shone certain mild gleams of a newly developing bloom --the spring verdure peeping forth even beneath February's snow.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
It is hard to say; for in that voyage from which no man returns Landfall and Departure are instantaneous, merging together into one moment of supreme and final attention.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
I must iterate that I had this thought in the midst of my dreaming, and I take it as an evidence of the merging of my two personalities, as evidence of a point of contact between the two disassociated parts of me.
Before Adam by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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