coalite

See also: Coalite

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkəʊ.əˈlaɪt/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

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.
   • 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. (obsolete, intransitive) To unite or coalesce.
   • 1733, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, "A Dissertation on Parties:

     Let them continue to coalite.

3. (politics, rare) To form a political coalition.

References

• “coalite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊlaɪt/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

Noun

coalite (plural coalites)

1. Nonstandard form of Coalite.

Anagrams

• acolite, aloetic

Latin

Verb

coalite

1. second-person plural present active imperative of coalō