To make solid or firm; unite, compress, or pack together and form into a more compact mass, body, or system; make dense or coherent.To bring together and unite firmly into one mass or body; cause to cohere or cleave together: as, to consolidate the forces of an army, or materials into a compound body.Used specifically— in surgery, of uniting the parts of a broken bone or the lips of a wound by means of applicationsin legislation, of combining two or more acts into one;in law, of combining two or more actions, corporations, or benefices into one;in finance, of uniting different sources of public revenue into a single fund, or different evidences of public debt into a single class (see consolidated). Synonyms To combine, compact, condense, compress.To grow firm and compact; coalesce and become solid: as, moist clay consolidates by drying.Formed into a solid mass or system.