reunifyv.
/(ˌ)riːˈjuːnᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /riˈjunəˌfaɪ/ Chiefly Politics.
transitive. To unify or bring together again after a period of division or separation; esp. to restore political unity to (a nation, etc.).
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > unite [verb (transitive)] > again
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1879 C. I. Black in M. C. Hime Parting Words to Boys leaving School i. 12 The person of each,..by grace now reunified in soul and spirit.
1914 G. M. Priest Germany since 1740 iii. 27 Each hoped that after thus restoring and enhancing Austria's prestige they might reunify the Holy Roman Empire.
1955 Times 8 July 8/3 The need to establish a real system of security, to reunify Germany by means of free elections, and to construct a united Europe.
1977 D. D. Ruth in J. R. Bak Teaching of Eng. iv. 98 The potential of nonprint media for reunifying the cognitive and affective aspects of learning can lead..to a more holistic approach.
2003 R. N. Clough in D. S. Zagoria Breaking China–Taiwan Impasse x. 137 He predicted that the two sides across the Taiwan Strait would be reunified in the coming 20 years.
Derivatives
reˈunified adj.
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1881 Ann. Reg. 1880 ii. 189/2 And now began his efforts to conquer for the Middle German States a larger and more equitable share of recognition in the Bund and in the reunified Fatherland.
2009 New Statesman (Nexis) 17 Aug. 40 One alternative would have been to secure a neutral, reunified Vietnam with communist participation in government.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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