is there a word...

der_kluge · Jan 23, 2004

to describe the process of pulling together lots of little things into one big thing?

Like, what the terminator did in T2, where he was frozen, shattered, and then pooled himself together.

I need a verb to describe that.

Something like:
"Go forth and *pull all the pieces together so that the sum of all the pieces is whole again* of all the little pieces."

DMScott · Jan 23, 2004

Hmm. Coalesce? Amalgamate? Meld?

Hand of Evil · Jan 23, 2004

Convergence (SP)

diaglo · Jan 23, 2004

assimilate

congregate

assemble

mass

collect

Blood Jester · Jan 23, 2004

Reconstitute.

der_kluge · Jan 23, 2004

Great words.

Thanks. I was having a brain fart. I think assimilate will work nicely.

Piratecat · Jan 23, 2004

There is, and it's on the tip of my tongue. I'll think about it. Meanwhile, I'll slide this over to OT.

diaglo · Jan 23, 2004

emulsify

edit: gather

muster

rally

marshall

edit2: incorporate

phagocytosis

edit3: coalesce

unite

merge

join

der_kluge · Jan 23, 2004

The word I really want, and I don't know what that word is, is something like assimilate, but with the implied meaning that when all pulled together, the sum of the parts is greater than the whole.

Deadguy · Jan 23, 2004

Throwing another couple of words in:

congeal (emphasises the state change back to solid)

cohere (emphasises that the material sticks to itself)

and if diaglo will forgive:

recoalesce (the coming together again).