单词 | reunite |
释义 | † reuniteadj. Obsolete. Joined again; reunited. Only as past participle. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > [adjective] > again reunitec1429 reunited1598 c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 4311 At Domesday, bodyes and sawles shal be revnit [glossed fast togidere; L. reunientur] certayne. a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1965) II. 74 All þe saulis of men and women sal be revnyt to þar awne ‘proper’ body. 1535 W. Marshall tr. Marsilius of Padua Def. of Peace ii. vi. f. 61 He is reconcyled to the Churche that is to saye he is reunyte and knytte & made atone agayne, or elles oughte to be reunyte and made atone agayne with the congregacyon of Chrysten people. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). reunitev. 1. transitive. To unite or bring together again; to rejoin (separated or disunited people or things). Also: to join (a person or thing) to (also with) another once more. Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > unite [verb (transitive)] > again reunite1579 reunite1596 readunitea1600 reapproach1663 reunify1879 reteam1902 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > unite to [verb (reflexive)] > again reunite1579 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin x. 556 Other councells were assembled to reunite the Church that was out of vnitie. 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iv. 211 Hee would..reunite the greatest part of the cuntrey againe to the Roman Empire. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 160 The young tendrils..do re-ioyn and re-vnite the skin of the head which was departed from the bones of the skull. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso ii. li. 310 Any thing which..might make the people reunite themselves with the Nobility. 1658 G. Starkey Pyrotechny 149 Rectifie the Spirit, and reunite it to its balsome. 1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God II. xxx. 795 Who Reunitest all our Hearts within the Bond of Thy Love. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) II. xxvi. 586 As they had been divided by prosperity, they were easily re-united by the common hardships. 1836 W. R. Johnson Sci. Class-bk. 394 The intermediate rays will also be reunited at nearly the same point, it being impossible to reunite all the rays in precisely one point. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist III. xiv. 292 Clara could reunite him, turn him once more into a whole..man. 1908 E. L. Cutts Turning Points Eng. Church Hist. xxxiii. 334 These might—they would if they saw all the evils created by division—reunite themselves to the mother Church. 1931 P. S. Flippin Herschel v. Johnson of Georgia ii. 34 He sincerely endeavored to reunite the two factions of his party. 1961 E. W. Gaston Early Novel of Southwest 216 He places her aboard another ship bound for Jamaica, and unknowingly reunites her with Count Alphonse d'Oyley, her betrothed. 2002 S. T. Sarmiento Making Ends Meet i. 26 Women found new opportunities to reunite the family and found employment within the service sector. 2. To come together again after a period of separation or disunity; to combine or join up once more. a. transitive (reflexive). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > unite [verb (transitive)] > again reunite1579 reunite1596 readunitea1600 reapproach1663 reunify1879 reteam1902 1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) 98 Whatsoeuer companies shalbe afterwardes planted within the land,..shall bee able all to reunite themselues vpon any occasion. 1698 J. Crull Antient & Present State Muscovy II. iii. 115 The Muscovites had, by his Delays, sufficient Leisure given them to reunite themselves and make Provisions for their future Security. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 168 That the Sap may rise and reunite itself entirely above. 1787 A. Hawkins tr. V. Mignot Hist. Turkish Empire II. 148 Colonna entered strongly into the pressing necessity there was for the Christians to reunite themselves against the common enemy. 1839 W. H. Ainsworth Jack Sheppard II. v. 180 I should as soon have expected the bones of Tom Sheppard to reunite themselves and walk out of that case, as Thames Darrell to return. 1947 R. Davis-Dubois in L. Bryson Approaches to Group Understanding i. 2 We need..to find ways to reunite ourselves in order to sense both our individuality and our commonality. 2007 I. Singer Ingmar Bergman, Cinematic Philosopher iii. 165 The human race came into existence after the gods divided the hermaphrodites into halves that henceforth seek to reunite themselves. b. intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > unite [verb (intransitive)] > again reunite1613 reteam1942 1613 H. Ainsworth Animadversion R. Clyftons Advt. 136 Which thing..they were by us put in mind of before hand, if God gave them not agayne to reunite, which by a peaceable parting, might hav been furthered. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 97 Believing that their soules..would reunite [Fr. se reioindre] to the body. 1745 J. Swift Ode to Sir W. Temple in Misc. X. 200 In pieces cut, the Viper still did reunite. 1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry II. 11 Now sand..only hinders the particles of the earth from re-uniting too closely. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 237 Usually, when strained too far, they break, and refuse to re-unite. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. v. 115 There were the fragments of a mighty nation determined to reunite. 1931 H. F. Pringle Theodore Roosevelt iii. vi. 575 It was time for the two wings of the Republican party to reunite. 1967 Jrnl. Pediatrics 70 172/1 When the two ends joined by the centromere reunite, the ring configuration is produced. 2002 G. F. Nafziger & M. Gioannini Def. of Napoleonic Kingdom of Northern Italy p. xxi The debris of the Grande Armée, destroyed by the cold of winter, starvation, and disease, was unable to reunite until it was behind the Oder River. Derivatives reuˈnitement n. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Reunion, a reunion, reunitement, reconcilement. 1897 Public Opinion 22 15/2 The poet always looked to a reunitement beyond death. 1951 L. Bertrand tr. S. Bolivar Sel. Writings I. 261 You must be profuse to demonstrate: first, the reunitement of Colombia; second, its military glory; third, the enumeration of its free provinces. 2005 W. Walling Mind Games xxx. 220 The longer Klavik resisted ‘guidance’, the longer would be the protracted wait until reunitement with his companions. reuˈniter n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > [noun] > one who or that which unites > again reuniter1838 1838 Dublin Univ. Mag. Aug. 190 The Grave, the Grave is the great Rëuniter! 1920 E. Grant Orient in Bible Times iv. 72 Sheshonk the Libyan was the reuniter of Egypt. 2004 P. Edwards & M. Auger Encycl. Cnad. Organized Crime 47/2 Depending on whom you asked, she was alternately..an exploiter, or a heaven-sent reuniter of families. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1429v.1579 |
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