All 3 Uses

consolidate
in
A Thousand Acres
(Edited)

I'd been able to consolidate dinner, and sometimes supper, depending on how Rose was feeling, but breakfast had to be served in each kitchen.
p. 7.7

consolidate = combine into a single event
The Depression, for our family, was a time of careful consolidation of holdings through hard work, good luck, smart farming.
p. 23.3 *

consolidation = strengthening and securing
The marriage consolidated Sam's hundred and sixty acres with John's eighty.
p. 132.8

consolidated = combined

Definitions:

(1) (consolidate as in: a consolidated loan)
combine or bring together into one
(2) (consolidate as in: consolidated its hold on power)
make stronger, more secure, or more firmly established
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)