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coalite

/ˌkəʊ.əˈlaɪt/

coalite verb: to cause to unite or coalesce. Also the nonstandard form of Coalite.

Verb

coalite (third-person singular simple present coalites, present participle coaliting, simple past and past participle coalited)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to unite or coalesce.
    • Time has by degrees blended […] and coalited the conquered with the conquerors.1792, Edmund Burke, a letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe on the subject of the Roman Catholics of Ireland
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To unite or coalesce.
    • Let them continue to coalite.1733, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, "A Dissertation on Parties
  3. (rare) To form a political coalition.

Proper noun capitalized: Coalite

IPA/ˈkəʊlaɪt/

Coalite (uncountable)

  1. (UK, trademark) a form of coke that is a smokeless fuel, used as an alternative to coal

Also used as

coalite is also the nonstandard form of Coalite.

Forms of coalite

Verb
third-person singular presentcoalites
present participlecoaliting
past participlecoalited
pastcoalited
Noun
pluralcoalites

Origin of coalite

Back-formation from coalition, from Latin coalitus, past participle of coalēscō (see coalesce).

Invented by Thomas Parker in 1904: coal + -ite

Questions about coalite

What does coalite mean?
Coalite means to cause to unite or coalesce.
What part of speech is coalite?
Coalite can be a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce coalite?
Coalite is pronounced /ˌkəʊ.əˈlaɪt/.
What is the past tense of coalite?
The past tense of coalite is coalited.

Words near coalite in the dictionary

  1. coalise
  2. coalised
  3. coalises
  4. coalising
  5. Coalisland
  6. coalite
  7. coalited
  8. coalites
  9. coaliting
  10. coalition
  11. coalition builder

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