unify

[yoo-nuh-fahy]

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verb (used with or without object), u·ni·fied, u·ni·fy·ing.

to make or become a single unit; unite: to unify conflicting theories; to unify a country.

Origin of unify

1495–1505; < Late Latin ūnificāre, equivalent to Latin ūni- uni- + -ficāre -fy

Related formsu·ni·fi·er, nounnon·u·ni·fied, adjectivequa·si-u·ni·fied, adjectivere·u·ni·fy, verb (used with object), re·u·ni·fied, re·u·ni·fy·ing.un·u·ni·fied, adjective

Synonyms for unify

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combine, merge, fuse, coalesce.

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Related Words for reunify

rejoin, join, reconcile, reconvene, reunify, reassemble

Examples from the Web for reunify

Contemporary Examples of reunify

All of the things the West German government did at that time were designed to reunify the country.
How The Cold War Endgame Played Out In The Rubble Of The Berlin Wall
William O’Connor
November 9, 2014
Even as he detailed battle plans, he insisted the purpose of defeating ISIS was to reunify Iraq.
Baghdad’s Shia Militia Plans for War on ISIS
Jacob Siegel
July 16, 2014

British Dictionary definitions for reunify

reunify

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

(tr) to bring together again (something, esp a country, previously divided)

Derived Formsreunification, noun

unify

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

to make or become one; unite

Derived Formsunifiable, adjectiveunifier, noun

Word Origin for unify

C16: from Medieval Latin ūnificāre, from Latin ūnus one + facere to make

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Word Origin and History for reunify

also re-unify, 1879, from re- + unify. Related: Reunified; reunifying.

unify

c.1500, "to make into one," from Middle French unifier (14c.), from Late Latin unificare "make one," from Latin uni- "one" (see uni-) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Unified; unifying. Unified (field) theory in physics is recorded from 1935.