Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Merge \Merge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Merged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Merging}.] [L. mergere, mersum. Cf. {Emerge}, {Immerse},
   {Marrow}.]
   To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.

         To merge all natural . . . sentiment in inordinate
         vanity.                                  --Burke.

         Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the
         transcendent duties of patriots.         --De Quincey.

Source : WordNet®

merging
     adj 1: combining or mixing [syn: {blending}, {mingling}]
     2: flowing together [syn: {confluent}, {merging(a)}]
     n 1: the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two
          groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of
          minds" [syn: {meeting}, {coming together}]
     2: a flowing together [syn: {confluence}, {conflux}]