[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.", "Grammar.the merging, as by historical change in a language, of two or more categories in a specified environment into one, as, in nonstandard English, the use ofwaswith both singular and plural subjects, while in standard Englishwasis used with singular subjects (except foryouin the second person singular) andwerewith plural subjects."]}]