Synonyms:
consolidate
Meaning: unite into one; "The companies consolidated"
Synonyms:
consolidate
Meaning: make firm or secure; strengthen; "consolidate one's gains"; "consolidate one's hold on first place"
Usage examples
But the Martians cannot consolidate any position on the Earth without coming to handgrips.
And to consolidate two empires, he's been wanting me to marry a multi-billionaire--who is also a louse and a crumb and a heel.
It can place the militia under one plan of discipline, and, by putting their officers in a proper line of subordination to the Chief Magistrate, will, as it were, consolidate them into one corps, and thereby render them more efficient than if divided into thirteen or into three or four distinct independent companies.