Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To cause (a group, party, state, or sect) to become unified again after being divided.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bring back to a state of unity or union.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb
unify again, bring back together after separation
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb unify again, as of a country
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Examples
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And China, which has never renounced what it says is its right to "reunify" Taiwan by force, feels just as bound to protest when arms deals go through.
Latest Articles The Economist 2010
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Second, improving cross-Strait ties aside, Beijing still intends to "reunify" Taiwan with the mainland, by force if necessary.
AMERICAN.COM -- A Magazine of Ideas, Online Michael Mazza 2010
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Second, improving cross-Strait ties aside, Beijing still intends to "reunify" Taiwan with the mainland, by force if necessary.
AMERICAN.COM -- A Magazine of Ideas, Online Michael Mazza 2010
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As these three examples demonstrate, the "one-China principle" has been used by the PRC as a means of waging its "legal warfare" to incorporate Taiwan and to accomplish its bottom-line goal of de jure unification, as explicitly stated by its declared intent to use military force if necessary under the "anti-secession law" of 2005 to "reunify" Taiwan.
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As these three examples demonstrate, the "one-China principle" has been used by the PRC as a means of waging its "legal warfare" to incorporate Taiwan and to accomplish its bottom-line goal of de jure unification, as explicitly stated by its declared intent to use military force if necessary under the "anti-secession law" of 2005 to "reunify" Taiwan.
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That did not surprise Spock, since his efforts—and all efforts—to reunify the Vulcan and Romulan peoples had been deemed illegal long ago by the Romulan government.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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But the conclusion followed, considering the aversion of the Romulan government—of both Romulan governments—to his efforts to reunify their people with their Vulcan cousins.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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That did not surprise Spock, since his efforts—and all efforts—to reunify the Vulcan and Romulan peoples had been deemed illegal long ago by the Romulan government.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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That concerns Beijing, which wants to reunify the island with the People's Republic.
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But the conclusion followed, considering the aversion of the Romulan government—of both Romulan governments—to his efforts to reunify their people with their Vulcan cousins.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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