coalite

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/ˌkəʊ.əˈlaɪt//ˈkəʊlaɪt/

verb

To cause to unite or coalesce.

OriginLatin coalitus →
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Meanings

coalite1

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

present singular third person coalites · participle present coaliting · participle past coalited · past coalited

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo cause to unite or coalesce.

    1792, Edmund Burke, a letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe on the subject of the Roman Catholics of Ireland Time has by degrees blended […] and coalited the conquered with the conquerors.

  2. intransitiveobsoleteTo unite or coalesce.

    Let them continue to coalite.

    1733, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, "A Dissertation on Parties
  3. raregovernmentTo form a political coalition.

coalite2

nouncoalite (plural coalites)

plural coalites

  1. nonstandardNonstandard form of Coalite.

Coalite3

proper nounCoalite (uncountable)
  1. UKuncountabletrademarka form of coke that is a smokeless fuel, used as an alternative to coal

Origin

coalite · verb

  1. Latincoalitus
  2. Englishcoalite

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

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Coalite · proper noun

Invented by Thomas Parker in 1904: coal + -ite

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

aloeticacolite
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APA

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Chicago

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