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unify, v.|ˈjuːnɪfaɪ|
[ad. med.L. unificāre, f. L. ūni- uni-: see -fy. So F. unifier (14th c.), It. unificare, Sp. unificar.]
trans. To make, form into, or cause to become one; to combine (two or more) in one; to join (one or more) to or with another or others so as to form one whole or unit; to unite, consolidate.
Rare in 18th c. (see the ppl. a.); frequent in recent use.
1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) i. vii. G iv, Y⊇ holy goost vnyeth & vnyfyeth al these membres of the holy chyrche in one. 1509Hawes Joyf. Med. 6 Two tytles in one thou dydst well vnyfye. 1654W. Montagu Dev. Ess. ii. viii. 156 Let then all the pretenders to peace, procure to simplifie and unifie their desires by this single address to the will and order of God. 1656Blount Glossogr., Unifie,..to joyn or make one, as mariage doth Husband and Wife. [Hence in later Dicts.] 1802Coleridge Lett. (1895) 404 A poet's heart and intellect should be..intimately combined and unified with the great appearances of nature. 1853Lynch Self-Improv. 3 Religion will..unify and glorify all his studies. 1884Manch. Exam. 26 Mar. 5/1 The great effect of successive Reform Bills has been to unify the nation.
absol.1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. xiii. (1882) 144 It..dissipates, in order to re-create; or..at all events, it struggles to idealize and to unify. 1888Classical Rev. Oct. 256/1 These Homeridæ..worked continuously.., adding and unifying, and so they produced the epics.
Hence ˈunifying vbl. n.
1681Baxter Acc. Sherlocke vi. 209 Distinguishing between the Unifying of the Society, and the uniting a single Member to that Society. |