Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to amalgam
Participle: amalgamed
Gerund: amalgaming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | amalgam |
| you | amalgam |
| he;she;it | amalgams |
| we | amalgam |
| you | amalgam |
| they | amalgam |
Perfect
| I | have amalgamed |
| you | have amalgamed |
| he;she;it | has amalgamed |
| we | have amalgamed |
| you | have amalgamed |
| they | have amalgamed |
Past
| I | amalgamed |
| you | amalgamed |
| he;she;it | amalgamed |
| we | amalgamed |
| you | amalgamed |
| they | amalgamed |
Pluperfect
| I | had amalgamed |
| you | had amalgamed |
| he;she;it | had amalgamed |
| we | had amalgamed |
| you | had amalgamed |
| they | had amalgamed |
Future
| I | will amalgam |
| you | will amalgam |
| he;she;it | will amalgam |
| we | will amalgam |
| you | will amalgam |
| they | will amalgam |
Future Perfect
| I | will have amalgamed |
| you | will have amalgamed |
| he;she;it | will have amalgamed |
| we | will have amalgamed |
| you | will have amalgamed |
| they | will have amalgamed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | amalgam |
| you | amalgam |
| he;she;it | amalgam |
| we | amalgam |
| you | amalgam |
| they | amalgam |
Perfect
| I | have amalgamed |
| you | have amalgamed |
| he;she;it | have amalgamed |
| we | have amalgamed |
| you | have amalgamed |
| they | have amalgamed |
Imperfect
| I | amalgamed |
| you | amalgamed |
| he;she;it | amalgamed |
| we | amalgamed |
| you | amalgamed |
| they | amalgamed |
Pluperfect
| I | had amalgamed |
| you | had amalgamed |
| he;she;it | had amalgamed |
| we | had amalgamed |
| you | had amalgamed |
| they | had amalgamed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would amalgam |
| you | would amalgam |
| he;she;it | would amalgam |
| we | would amalgam |
| you | would amalgam |
| they | would amalgam |
Perfect
| I | would have amalgamed |
| you | would have amalgamed |
| he;she;it | would have amalgamed |
| we | would have amalgamed |
| you | would have amalgamed |
| they | would have amalgamed |
Imperative
| you | amalgam |
| we | Let's amalgam |
| you | amalgam |
Verbs conjugated like 'amalgam'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'amalgam'
amalgamate,
amalgamize,
anagram,
balsam,
madam,
mailgram,
malax,
salaam,
salam,
acclaim,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1471, "soft mass formed by chemical manipulation," from M.L.
amalgama, "alloy of mercury (esp. with gold or silver)," an alchemists' word, perhaps an alt. of L.
malagma "poultice, plaster," from Gk.
malagma "softening substance," from
malassein "to soften," from
malakos "soft." The word may have come from Gk. via Arabic
al-malgham. Amalgamation in the figurative sense of "combining into one uniform whole" is from 1775.
2. From Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient; malleable material”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”). Doublet of malagma. For the verb, compare French amalgamer. See: Arabic '
ملغم', French '
amalgamer'.
Sample Sentences
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gold t’amalgam with some six of mercury [1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):]
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[…] I had once occaſion to diſtil in a ſmall Retort ſome Gold amalgamed vvith ſuch a fine and ſubtile Mercury, that being (vvithout the addition of any Salt) put to the Gold in the cold, they preſently grevv hot together. [1684, Robert Boyle, “An Essay on the Porousness of Solid Bodies. Chapter VIII.”, in Experiments and Considerations about the Porosity of Bodies, in Two Essays, London: […] Sam[uel] Smith […], →OCLC, page 143:]