merge // merges, merging, merged
 
 
1 If one thing merges or is merged with another, they combine together to make a larger thing.
They advised their clients to merge with another company.
The borough of Holborn was merged with St Pancras and Hampstead.
The voices merged with one another. 
                                   ERG VB, RECIP VB
 
2 If something merges into the darkness or the background, you can no longer see it clearly as a separate object.
They were painted so that they would merge into the landscape. 
                                      VB WITH `into`