As a verb meaning "to blend or merge,"
meld dates only to the
first half of the 20th century. In its early days, the word attracted
some unfavorable attention. Those who didn't like it tended to perceive
it as a misuse of an older
meld meaning "to declare or announce
(a card or cards) for a score in a card game"
(such as pinochle or gin
rummy). But the more recent
meld, a blend of
melt and
weld,
was an entirely new coinage suggesting a smooth and thorough blending
of two or more things into a single, homogeneous whole. The word is no
longer controversial.
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