Definition: merge

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

merge
     v 1: become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "Will the
          two Koreas unify?" [syn: unify, unite] [ant: disunify]
     2: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well";
        "fuse the clutter of detail into a rich narrative"--A.
        Schlesinger [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle,
         immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine]
     3: join or combine; "We merged our resources" [syn: unite, unify]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Merge \Merge\, v. i.
   To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost.

         Native irresolution had merged in stronger motives.
                                                  --I. Taylor.
Merge \Merge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Merged; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Merging.] [L. mergere, mersum. Cf. Emerge, Immerse,
   Marrow.]
   To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.

         To merge all natural . . . sentiment in inordinate
         vanity.                                  --Burke.

         Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the
         transcendent duties of patriots.         --De Quincey.