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coaliting

coaliting is the present participle and gerund of coalite.

Meaning 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.

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Questions about coaliting

What is coaliting the present participle and gerund of?
Coaliting is the present participle and gerund of coalite.

Words near coaliting in the dictionary

  1. coalising
  2. Coalisland
  3. coalite
  4. coalited
  5. coalites
  6. coaliting
  7. coalition
  8. coalition builder
  9. coalition builders
  10. coalition of the willing
  11. coalitional

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