单词 | unify |
释义 | unifyv. transitive. 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 cent. (see the ppl. adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > unite [verb (transitive)] uny1433 unec1460 unionc1475 unify1502 enuny1542 unite1555 co-unitea1592 adunitea1600 coadunate1607 atone1609 co-une1628 ferruminate1631 coadunite1649 unitize1812 inone1855 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > unity or undividedness > make one [verb (transitive)] unite?a1475 unify1502 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. vii. sig. h.i v The..holy goost vnyeth & vnyfyeth all these membres of the holy chirche in one. 1509 S. Hawes Joyfull Medit. 6 Two tytles in one thou dydst well vnyfye. 1654 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia: 2nd Pt. 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. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Unifie,..to joyn or make one, as mariage doth Husband and Wife. [Hence in later Dicts.] 1802 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 404 A poet's heart and intellect should be..intimately combined and unified with the great appearances of nature. 1853 T. T. Lynch Lect. Self-improvem. 3 Religion will..unify and glorify all his studies. 1884 Manch. Examiner 26 Mar. 5/1 The great effect of successive Reform Bills has been to unify the nation. Derivatives ˈunifying n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > [noun] > specifically in non-physical sense union?a1425 allying1583 unition1584 unitedness1627 uniteness1639 unifying1681 unification1848 1681 R. Baxter Acct. Sherlocke vi. 209 Distinguishing between the Unifying of the Society, and the uniting a single Member to that Society. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1502 |
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