collide

i. [Lat. collido=to clash or knock together: col = con = cum =with, together; lædo =to strike.] *A. Trans .: To dash or knock violently together; to bring into collision. IMG:content-0181.png:[ocr errors][merged small][merged small] "Acro this space the attraction urges them. They collide, they recoil, they oscillate." -Tyndall: Frag. of Science, 3d ed., i. 12.