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- Walt Whitman

THROUGH the soft evening air enwrinding all,

Rocks, woods, fort, cannon, pacing sentries, endless wilds,

In dulcet streams, in flutes’ and cornets’ notes,

Electric, pensive, turbulent artificial,

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verb

To deceive or delude (using guile).

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consolidate

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/kuhn-sol-uh-deyt/Word FrequencyNot availableCurriculum FrequencyLess common (1)

To combine or bring together separate things into a single, stronger whole.

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The company decided to consolidate its smaller branches into one large headquarters to improve efficiency.

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Origin

From Latin "consolidare", meaning "to make solid".

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