Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CO-AL-ESCE', v.i. [coaless'; L. coalesco, from coaleo; con and alesco, from aleo or oleo, to grow.]

1. To grow together; to unite, as separate bodies, or separate parts, into one body, as separate bones in an infant, or the fingers or toes. – Encyc.
2. To unite and adhere in one body or mass, by spontaneous approximation or attraction; as, vapors coalesce. – Newton.
3. To unite in society, in a more general sense. The Jews were incapable of coalescing with other nations. – Campbell, Prelim. Dissert.