unify

[ yoo-nuh-fahy ]

/ ˈyu nəˌfaɪ /

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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

SYNONYMS FOR unify

combine, merge, fuse, coalesce.

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OTHER WORDS FROM unify

u·ni·fi·er, noun non·u·ni·fied, adjective qua·si-u·ni·fied, adjective re·u·ni·fy, verb (used with object), re·u·ni·fied, re·u·ni·fy·ing.

un·u·ni·fied, adjective

Words nearby unify

uniformed, uniformitarian, uniformitarianism, uniformity, uniformize, unify, uniglandular, unijugate, unilateral, unilateral anesthesia, unilateral declaration of independence

Example sentences from the Web for unifying

If this year turns out to be a wave, it will seem to lack both a leader and a unifying agenda.

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“Fighting persecution of Christians is a unifying message among voters, particularly on the right,” Hemingway said.

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It can be a move to the left, but a unifying rather than a confrontational one.

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Note that we have not yet been introduced to any unifying plot conflict.

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She said the freedom to live life outside the confines of a “surveillance society” is a unifying American value.

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Labor, in unifying its forces, simply follows their example.

The Pullman Boycott |W. F. Burns
It is unifying activity, not so much by a dialectic of harmonious construction as by a view of reciprocal implication.

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Those moments of unifying faith and confidence, that glowed so bravely and never endured, were at once tantalizing and sustaining.

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Sooner or later, someone is going to come up with a unifying idea.

Freedom |Dallas McCord Reynolds
More than ever do we need such a unifying agency as the association was designed to supply.

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British Dictionary definitions for unifying

unify

/ (ˈjuːnɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

to make or become one; unite

Derived forms of unify

unifiable, adjective unifier, noun

Word Origin for unify

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

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verb (used with or without object), u·ni·fied, u·ni·fy·ing.

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unify

verb (used with or without object), u·ni·fied, u·ni·fy·ing.

Origin of unify

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