unite
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
unite
v 1: act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief [syn:
{unite}, {unify}] [ant: {carve up}, {dissever}, {divide},
{separate}, {split}, {split up}]
2: become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells
merge" [syn: {unify}, {unite}, {merge}] [ant: {break apart},
{disunify}]
3: have or possess in combination; "she unites charm with a good
business sense" [syn: {unite}, {combine}]
4: be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets
connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The
travelers linked up again at the airport" [syn: {connect},
{link}, {link up}, {join}, {unite}]
5: bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or
in a shared situation; "the Democratic Patry platform united
several splinter groups" [syn: {unite}, {unify}]
6: join or combine; "We merged our resources" [syn: {unite},
{unify}, {merge}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Unite \U*nite"\, v. i.
1. To become one; to be cemented or consolidated; to combine,
as by adhesion or mixture; to coalesce; to grow together.
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2. To join in an act; to concur; to act in concert; as, all
parties united in signing the petition.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Unite \U*nite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {United}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Uniting}.] [L. unitus, p. p. of unire to unite, from unus
one. See {One}.]
1. 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; as, to unite bricks by mortar;
to unite iron bars by welding; to unite two armies.
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2. 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.
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Under his great vicegerent reign abide,
United as one individual soul. --Milton.
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The king proposed nothing more than to unite his
kingdom in one form of worship. --Clarendon.
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Syn: To add; join; annex; attach. See {Add}.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
208 Moby Thesaurus words for "unite":
accord, accouple, accumulate, act in concert, act together, add,
adhere, affiliate, agglutinate, agree, ally, amalgamate, amass,
approach, arrange a match, articulate, assemble, assimilate,
associate, band, band together, be in cahoots, be in league, blend,
bond, bracket, bridge, bridge over, bunch, bunch up, cement,
center, centralize, chain, clap together, clinch, close, close in,
close up, close with, clot, club together, cluster, coact,
coadunate, coalesce, cohere, coincide, collaborate, collect,
collude, combine, come together, commingle, communicate, compound,
comprise, concatenate, concenter, concentralize, concentrate,
concert, concord, concur, confederate, conglobulate, congregate,
conjoin, conjugate, connect, connive, consolidate, conspire,
constitute a whole, converge, cooperate, copulate, correspond,
couple, cover, crowd, date, do business with, draw together,
embody, embrace, encompass, fall in with, federate, flock together,
flow together, flux, forgather, form a unity, funnel, fuse,
gang around, gang up, gather, gather around, get heads together,
get together, give away, glue, go partners, grow together,
hang together, happen together, harmonize, herd together, hitch,
hive, hold together, hook up, hook up with, horde, huddle,
identify, include, incorporate, integrate, interblend,
intercommunicate, interfuse, intermix, intersect, join,
join forces, join in, join together, keep together, knit, knot,
lay together, league, league together, link, lump together,
make a match, make a whole, make common cause, make one, marry,
marshal, mass, match, meet, meld, melt into one, merge, mill,
mingle, mix, mobilize, muster, narrow the gap, nip, nuptial, pair,
partner, piece together, pinch, play ball, pull together,
put heads together, put together, rally, rally around, reciprocate,
reduce to unity, reembody, relate, rendezvous, roll into one,
run together, seethe, shade into, solder, solidify, span, splice,
stand together, stick together, stream, surge, swarm, synchronize,
syncretize, syndicate, synergize, synthesize, take in, tape, taper,
team up, throng, throw in together, throw in with, tie, tie in,
tie up, unify, unite efforts, unite in marriage, wed, weld,
work together, yoke
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