u|nite

u|nite¹ «yoo NYT», verb, u|nit|ed, u|nit|ing.

–v.t.

1. to join together; make one; combine: »

to unite bricks with mortar in a wall.

SYNONYM(S): merge, consolidate, unify, couple. See syn. under join. (Cf. ↑join)

2. to bring together; amalgamate or consolidate into one body; join, as in action, interest, opinion, or feeling: »

to unite one's forces against an enemy. Several firms were united to form one company.

3. to join by a mutual agreement or other formal bond; cause to become a union: »

to unite a man and woman in marriage.

4. to have or exhibit in union or combination: »

a child uniting his father's temper and his mother's red hair.

–v.i.

to join in action; be united: »

The class united in singing “America.”

SYNONYM(S): merge, consolidate, unify, couple. See syn. under join. (Cf. ↑join)

╂[< Latin ūnītus, past participle of ūnīre < ūnus one]

u|nite² «YOO nyt, yoo NYT», noun.

an English gold coin, issued by James I after the union of England and Scotland, originally worth 20 shillings.

╂[< obsolete unite, adjective, united < Latin ūnītus; see etym. under unite¹ (Cf. ↑unite) (because of the union of the crowns of Scotland and England in 1603)]