1. consolidate - Adjective
2. consolidate - Verb
Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.
To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.
To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic.
To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound.
To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying.
Source: Webster's dictionaryPeople say that if we work for the Single European Act, women will get their rights, the water will be purer, and training will be better. That is rubbish. It is part of the attempt to consolidate the EEC. Tony Benn
The question is, what are we to do in order to consolidate peace on a universal and durable foundation, and what are the essential elements of such a peace? Arthur Henderson
Direct pressure always tends to harden and consolidate the resistance of an opponent. B. H. Liddell Hart
The Japan-U.S. alliance is an irreplaceable alliance. And I would like to further consolidate and broaden that alliance. Shinzō Abe
I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where I was afraid and take it whole and work from there. Shirley Jackson
The fate of Africans in the cities of the nation rests on the stand we take against this tyrannical action of the government. As leaders we shall do all in our power to consolidate the country to oppose the carrying out of this outrageous tyrannical scheme. Albert Lutuli