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

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combine, merge, fuse, coalesce.

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Examples from the Web for unify

Contemporary Examples

And ultimately, you pursued a partisan political agenda rather than seek to unify the country and move us together.
Dear Obama, the Time for Presidential Leadership on Race Is Now
Ron Christie
April 28, 2014
This kind of framing could unify, to some extent anyway, the Democratic left and center.
What Obama Can Learn From Elizabeth Warren
Michael Tomasky
December 17, 2013
Similarly, most European states took centuries to unify and become liberal democracies.
Defeating the Arab Spring Syndrome of Self-Defeat
Talal Alyan
October 15, 2013
In short, does refraining from running buses on Shabbat serve to unify the country around the symbol of the Jewish week?
Left-Wing Party Runs Buses On The Sabbath
Mira Sucharov
January 8, 2013
When a country goes to war, the population is expected to unify, and usually largely complies.
Refusing the Elections War
Sarah Anne Minkin
November 16, 2012

Historical Examples

Sociology seeks out the laws and principles that unify all the rest.
Society
Henry Kalloch Rowe
And he must unify the approach to both intellect and emotions.
Expository Writing
Mervin James Curl
So I fell back upon the empire in my first attempts to unify my life.
The Passionate Friends
Herbert George Wells
And the long wooden veranda that he had invoked did not unify the trinity.
And Even Now
Max Beerbohm
The resources were still there, but there was none to organise and unify them.
The Story of Evolution
Joseph McCabe

British Dictionary definitions for unify

unify

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

to make or become one; unite

Derived Formsunifiable, adjectiveunifier, noun

Word Origin

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

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Word Origin and History for unify

v.

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.

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Synonyms

Examples from the Web for unify

Contemporary Examples

And ultimately, you pursued a partisan political agenda rather than seek to unify the country and move us together.

This kind of framing could unify, to some extent anyway, the Democratic left and center.

Similarly, most European states took centuries to unify and become liberal democracies.

In short, does refraining from running buses on Shabbat serve to unify the country around the symbol of the Jewish week?

When a country goes to war, the population is expected to unify, and usually largely complies.

Historical Examples

Sociology seeks out the laws and principles that unify all the rest.

And he must unify the approach to both intellect and emotions.

So I fell back upon the empire in my first attempts to unify my life.

And the long wooden veranda that he had invoked did not unify the trinity.

The resources were still there, but there was none to organise and unify them.

unify

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Word Origin and History for unify

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Origin of unify