merge

merge
\ \ [17] Merge comes from Latin mergere, which meant ‘dive, plunge’ (it was also the source of English emerge [16], which etymologically means ‘rise out of a liquid’, immerse [17], and submerge [17]). Merge was originally used for ‘immerse’ in English too, and the modern meaning ‘combine into one’ did not emerge fully until as recently as the 20th century.
\ \ It arose from the notion of one thing ‘sinking’ into another and losing its identity; in the 1920s this was applied to two business companies amalgamating, and the general sense ‘combine’ followed from it.
\ \ Cf.EMERGE, IMMERSE, SUBMERGE

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  • merge — [mɜːdʒ ǁ mɜːrdʒ] verb [intransitive, transitive] 1. if two or more companies, organizations etc merge, or if they are merged, they join together: • The companies will merge their cellular phone operations, forming one of the nation s largest… …   Financial and business terms

  • merge — [ mɜrdʒ ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive if two organizations merge, or you merge them, they combine to form one bigger organization: Two of Indonesia s top banks are planning to merge. merge something with something: He has plans to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • merge — [mə:dʒ US mə:rdʒ] v [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: mergere to dive ] 1.) [I and T] to combine, or to join things together to form one thing merge with ▪ The bank announced that it was to merge with another of the high street banks. ▪ The… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • merge — / mərj/ vb merged, merg·ing vt 1: to cause to unite, combine, or coalesce merge one corporation with another 2: to cause to be incorporated and superseded one effect of a judgment is to merge therein the cause of action on which the action is… …   Law dictionary

  • merge — (m[ e]rj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Merged} (m[ e]rjd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Merging} (m[ e]r j[i^]ng).] [L. mergere, mersum. Cf. {Emerge}, {Immerse}, {Marrow}.] To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb. [1913 Webster] To merge all… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Merge — Merge, v. i. To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost. [1913 Webster] Native irresolution had merged in stronger motives. I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • merge in — index desegregate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • merge — (v.) 1630s, to plunge or sink in, from L. mergere to dip, dip in, immerse, plunge, probably rhotacized from *mezgo, from PIE *mezg to dip, plunge (Cf. Skt. majjati dives under, Lith. mazgoju to wash ). Legal sense of absorb an estate, contract,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • merge — blend, fuse, coalesce, amalgamate, commingle, mingle, *mix Analogous words: consolidate, concentrate, *compact, unify: *unite, combine, conjoin: *integrate, concatenate, articulate …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • merge — [v] bring or come together absorb, amalgamate, assimilate, become lost in, become partners, be swallowed up*, blend, cement, centralize, coalesce, combine, come aboard*, compound, conglomerate, consolidate, converge, deal one in, fuse, hitch on* …   New thesaurus

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