The hypothesis that the word was borrowed from Italian fuso "spindle" appears to be without foundation. Probably shortening of fusee in sense "fuse" Though "to melt, make liquid" is a primary sense of Medieval Latin fundere (and its Romance progeny, as French fondre), this meaning is only marginally attested in Classical Latin and may have originally been a technical sense used by metalworkers. Refugees who were readily amalgamated into the community fuse stresses oneness and indissolubility of the resulting product.Ī building in which modernism and classicism are fusedīorrowed from Middle French fuser "to cause to melt," verb derivative from Medieval Latin fūsus, past participle of fundere "to cast (metal), melt down, make liquid," going back to Latin, "to pour, shed, cast (liquid metal)" - more at found entry 5 Telling details that coalesce into a striking portrait amalgamate implies the forming of a close union without complete loss of individual identities. In his mind reality and fantasy merged coalesce implies an affinity in the merging elements and usually a resulting organic unity. Mix the salad greens mix a drink mingle usually suggests that the elements are still somewhat distinguishable or separately active.įear mingled with anticipation in my mind commingle implies a closer or more thorough mingling.Ī sense of duty commingled with a fierce pride drove her blend implies that the elements as such disappear in the resulting mixture.īlended several teas to create a balanced flavor merge suggests a combining in which one or more elements are lost in the whole. mix may or may not imply loss of each element's identity. Mix, mingle, commingle, blend, merge, coalesce, amalgamate, fuse mean to combine into a more or less uniform whole.
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