Definition of "consolidate"

consolidate

/kənˈsɒlɪdeɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present consolidates, present participle consolidating, simple past and past participle consolidated
1. (transitive, intransitive) To combine into a single unit; to group together or join.
2. To make stronger or more solid.
  Quotations
  These infamous little green men appeared during the decisive seizures or buildings and facilities, only to disappear when associated militias and local troops arrived to consolidate the gains. In this way they provided a measure of deniability—however superficial or implausible—for Moscow.40
  2014, “Little Green Men”: A Primer on Modern Russian Unconventional Warfare, Ukraine 2013–2014‎, Fort Bragg, North Carolina: The United States Army Special Operations Command, page 43
3. (finance) With respect to debt, to pay off several debts with a single loan.
adjective
comparative more consolidate, superlative most consolidate
1. (obsolete) Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.
  Quotations
  A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate.
  1531, Thomas Elyot, edited by Ernest Rhys, The Boke Named the Governour […] (Everyman’s Library), London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co, published