n. [ Obs. ] See Colliery. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
The Jews were incapable of coalescing with other nations. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]
Certain combinations of ideas that, once coalescing, could not be shaken loose. De Quincey.
adj.
n. The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. coalescens, p. pr. ] Growing together; cohering, as in the organic cohesion of similar parts; uniting. [ 1913 Webster ]