Both Uses of
consolidate
in
Bleak House
- If anything can more closely cement and consolidate the esteem which Mr. Bucket has formed for the family, it is the discovery of the nature of the occasion.†
Chpt 49-51 *
- He said this at the stair-head, gently moving his right hand as if it were a silver trowel with which to spread the cement of his words on the structure of the system and consolidate it for a thousand ages.†
Chpt 61-63
Definition:
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(consolidate as in: consolidated its hold on power) make stronger