From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Amalgamate \A*mal"ga*mate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Amalgamated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Amalgamating}.]
1. To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.
2. To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another.
Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one. --Burke.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Amalgamate \A*mal"ga*mate\, Amalgamated \A*mal"ga*ma'ted\, adjective Coalesced; united; combined.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: joined together into a whole; "United Industries"; "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a consolidated school" [syn: {amalgamate}, {coalesced}, {consolidated}, {fused}]
2: caused to combine or unite [syn: {intermingled}, {mixed}, {integrated}]
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