merge
/mɜːdʒ/verb
1- combine or cause to combine to form a single entity, especially a commercial organization合并, 兼并（尤指商业机构）：
no obj. the merchant-banking arm of the group merged with another broker in 19951995年该集团的商业银行分部与另一代理机构合并了
with obj. the company plans to merge its US oil production operations with those of a London-based organization.这家公司计划把旗下的美国石油生产企业与一总部在伦敦的石油机构合并。
1.1
- no obj. blend or fade gradually into something else so as to become indistinguishable from it融合, 合为一体; 渐渐消失：
he crouched low and endeavoured to merge into the darkness of the forest.
他蹲下来, 力图隐入森林的黑暗中。
1.2
- with obj. cause to blend or fade into something else in such a way使融合, 使合为一体; 使逐渐消失。
1.3
- with obj.（一般作merge something in）Law absorb (a title or estate) in another【律】兼并（产权, 产业）。
词源
mid 17th cent.（in the sense 'immerse (oneself)'）： from Latin mergere 'to dip, plunge'. The use in legal contexts is from Anglo-Norman French merger.