UNIFY

unite, unify, merge

(verb) join or combine; “We merged our resources”

unify, unite, merge

(verb) become one; “Germany unified officially in 1990”; “the cells merge”

mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate

(verb) to bring or combine together or with something else; “resourcefully he mingled music and dance”

unite, unify

(verb) act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief

unite, unify

(verb) bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation; “the Democratic Patry platform united several splinter groups”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

unify (third-person singular simple present unifies, present participle unifying, simple past and past participle unified)

(transitive) Cause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine.

(intransitive) Become one.

Antonyms

• divide

Source: Wiktionary


U"ni*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Unified; p. pr. & vb. n. Unifying.] Etym: [Uni- + -fy: cf. F. unifier.]

Definition: To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one. A comprehensive or unifying act of the judging faculty. De Quincey. Perception is thus a unifying act. Sir W. Hamilton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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