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/
  • (file)

Verb

coalite (third-person singular simple present coalites, present participle coaliting, simple past and past participle coalited)

  1. (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.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To unite or coalesce.
  3. (politics, rare) To form a political coalition.

References

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkəʊlaɪt/
  • (file)

Noun

coalite (plural coalites)

  1. Nonstandard form of Coalite.

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

coalite

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of coalō
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