Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To bring together so as to form a whole.
  • intransitive verb To combine (people) in interest, attitude, or action.
  • intransitive verb To join (a couple) in marriage.
  • intransitive verb To have or demonstrate in combination.
  • intransitive verb To become joined, formed, or combined into a unit.
  • intransitive verb To join and act together in a common purpose or endeavor. synonym: join.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • United; joint.
  • noun An English gold coin issued by James I. and current for 20 shillings; a jacobus.
  • noun An obsolete spelling of unit.
  • To combine or conjoin so as to form one; make to be one and to be no longer separate; incorporate in one: as, to unite two kingdoms or two armies.
  • To connect, conjoin, bring together, or associate by some bond, legal or other; join in interest, affection, fellowship, or the like; ally; link together; associate; conjoin; couple; combine: as, to unite families by marriage; to unite nations by treaty; to unite fresh adherents to a cause.
  • To make to agree or be uniform; harmonize.
  • To cause to adhere; attach; connect together: as, to unite bricks or stones by means of cement.
  • Synonyms To consolidate, amalgamate, blend, merge.
  • To become one; become combined or incorporated; be consolidated; coalesce; combine; commingle.
  • To join in action; concur; act in concert.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb To become one; to be cemented or consolidated; to combine, as by adhesion or mixture; to coalesce; to grow together.
  • intransitive verb To join in an act; to concur; to act in concert.
  • transitive verb 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
  • transitive verb 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.
  • adjective obsolete United; joint.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To come or bring together as one.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb have or possess in combination
  • verb bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation
  • verb be or become joined or united or linked
  • verb join or combine
  • verb act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
  • verb become one

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English uniten, from Latin ūnīre, ūnīt-, from ūnus, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Latin ūnītus, perfect passive participle of ūniō.

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Examples

  • Yet the word unite can go beyond that to encompass the merging of soft and strong, breath and movement, grace and strength.

    Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

  • The only way the Democratic Party can unite is if we all be mature about what's being said.

    Clinton touts support from 'white Americans' 2008

  • However what you and others should do to bring our party back together and unite is to ask Hillary to get out!!!!

    Rendell: Obama should ask Clinton to be VP 2008

  • Democrats for McCain unite ... or go independent Hilary for Obama

    After six months, can Democratic race be over? 2008

  • Mr Galloway, who may be further investigated for accepting money from Saddam to pay for his political campaigning, said: "The man was a colossal leader and I believe it is only right that the imperialist forces immediately withdraw and allow him to once again unite the Iraqi people."

    Galloway calls for Saddam return 2007

  • Mr Galloway, who may be further investigated for accepting money from Saddam to pay for his political campaigning, said: "The man was a colossal leader and I believe it is only right that the imperialist forces immediately withdraw and allow him to once again unite the Iraqi people."

    Archive 2007-02-01 2007

  • A praise-worthy tendency, encouraging the peoples of Europe to unite, is confronted today with the impossibility of harmonization of the atrophied and hypertrophic parts of our civilization.

    Odysseus Elytis - Nobel Lecture 1979

  • "So scatter them as that they may never again unite to do mischief, bring them down, O Lord, our shield!"

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

  • The democratic party is sadly mistaken if they think they can slap 18million voters in face and expect us to "unite" - the DNC made a mockery of the primary process in so many different ways ... this is not about any candidate now, it is the sheer 'audacity' of what they did to voters rights.

    Primaries over, Democrats promote unity 2008

  • The right people with the appropriate calling unite against a common enemy, then the sky is the limit and hell is the target.

    YouTube, the Right-o-Sphere, and the Anatomy of an ACORN Take Down Scola, Nancy 2009

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  • "An English gold coin issued by James I. and current for 20 shillings; a jacobus. A gold coin of the same name and value was issued under Charles I., when it was also called carolus (which see), and under the Commonwealth and Charles II."

    - The Century Dictionary

    June 28, 2010