Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To bring together so as to form a whole.
- intransitive verb To combine (people) in interest, attitude, or action.
- intransitive verb To join (a couple) in marriage.
- intransitive verb To have or demonstrate in combination.
- intransitive verb To become joined, formed, or combined into a unit.
- intransitive verb To join and act together in a common purpose or endeavor. synonym: join.
from The Century Dictionary.
- United; joint.
- noun An English gold coin issued by James I. and current for 20 shillings; a jacobus.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
unit . - To combine or conjoin so as to form one; make to be one and to be no longer separate; incorporate in one: as, to
unite two kingdoms or two armies. - To connect, conjoin, bring together, or associate by some bond, legal or other; join in interest, affection, fellowship, or the like; ally; link together; associate; conjoin; couple; combine: as, to
unite families by marriage; to unite nations by treaty; to unite fresh adherents to a cause. - To make to agree or be uniform; harmonize.
- To cause to adhere; attach; connect together: as, to
unite bricks or stones by means of cement. - Synonyms To consolidate, amalgamate, blend, merge.
- To become one; become combined or incorporated; be consolidated; coalesce; combine; commingle.
- To join in action; concur; act in concert.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To become one; to be cemented or consolidated; to combine, as by adhesion or mixture; to coalesce; to grow together.
- intransitive verb To join in an act; to concur; to act in concert.
- transitive verb To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere
- transitive verb Hence, to join by a legal or moral bond, as families by marriage, nations by treaty, men by opinions; to join in interest, affection, fellowship, or the like; to cause to agree; to harmonize; to associate; to attach.
- adjective obsolete United; joint.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
come orbring together as one.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb have or possess in combination
- verb bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation
- verb be or become joined or united or linked
- verb join or combine
- verb act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
- verb become one
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Yet the word unite can go beyond that to encompass the merging of soft and strong, breath and movement, grace and strength.
Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010
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The only way the Democratic Party can unite is if we all be mature about what's being said.
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However what you and others should do to bring our party back together and unite is to ask Hillary to get out!!!!
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Democrats for McCain unite ... or go independent Hilary for Obama
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Mr Galloway, who may be further investigated for accepting money from Saddam to pay for his political campaigning, said: "The man was a colossal leader and I believe it is only right that the imperialist forces immediately withdraw and allow him to once again unite the Iraqi people."
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Mr Galloway, who may be further investigated for accepting money from Saddam to pay for his political campaigning, said: "The man was a colossal leader and I believe it is only right that the imperialist forces immediately withdraw and allow him to once again unite the Iraqi people."
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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A praise-worthy tendency, encouraging the peoples of Europe to unite, is confronted today with the impossibility of harmonization of the atrophied and hypertrophic parts of our civilization.
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"So scatter them as that they may never again unite to do mischief, bring them down, O Lord, our shield!"
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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The democratic party is sadly mistaken if they think they can slap 18million voters in face and expect us to "unite" - the DNC made a mockery of the primary process in so many different ways ... this is not about any candidate now, it is the sheer 'audacity' of what they did to voters rights.
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The right people with the appropriate calling unite against a common enemy, then the sky is the limit and hell is the target.
YouTube, the Right-o-Sphere, and the Anatomy of an ACORN Take Down Scola, Nancy 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word unite
"An English gold coin issued by James I. and current for 20 shillings; a jacobus. A gold coin of the same name and value was issued under Charles I., when it was also called carolus (which see), and under the Commonwealth and Charles II."
- The Century Dictionary
June 28, 2010