coalite
See also: Coalite
English
Etymology 1
Back-formation from coalition, from Latin coalitus, past participle of coalēscō (see coalesce).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkəʊ.əˈlaɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Verb
coalite (third-person singular simple present coalites, present participle coaliting, simple past and past participle coalited)
- (obsolete, transitive) To cause to unite or coalesce.
- 1792, Edmund Burke, a letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe on the subject of the Roman Catholics of Ireland
- Time has by degrees blended […] and coalited the conquered with the conquerors.
- 1792, Edmund Burke, a letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe on the subject of the Roman Catholics of Ireland
- (obsolete, intransitive) To unite or coalesce.
- 1733, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, "A Dissertation on Parties:
- Let them continue to coalite.
- (politics, rare) To form a political coalition.
References
- “coalite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkəʊlaɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Latin
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