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.

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Origin of unify

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

SYNONYMS FOR unify

combine, merge, fuse, coalesce.

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Related forms

u·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

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Examples from the Web for unify

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

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|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, too, there was a growing desire to unify the workers of the country by some sort of national organization.
The Armies of Labor|Samuel P. Orth
As the title suggests, the main idea that actuated Schwann was to unify vegetable and animal tissues.
A History of Science, Volume 4(of 5)|Henry Smith Williams
A whole bunch of unifiers were ahead of him; each one of them was trying to unify Italy in his own way.
Humanly Speaking|Samuel McChord Crothers
It is shaped and set to stand and abide where men consort, to unify their minds, and tranquillize their strifes.
Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits;|Clark S. Beardslee
And he must unify the approach to both intellect and emotions.
Expository Writing|Mervin James Curl

British Dictionary definitions for unify

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 unify

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.