unite.html - v.
1 tr. & intr. join together; make or become one; combine.
2 tr. & intr. join together for a common purpose or action (united in their struggle against injustice).
3 tr. & intr. join in marriage.
4 tr. possess (qualities, features, etc.) in combination (united anger with mercy).
5 intr. & tr. form or cause to form a physical or chemical whole (oil will not unite with water).

United Brethren Eccl. the Moravians. United Kingdom Great Britain and Northern Ireland (until 1922, Great Britain and Ireland). United Nations (orig., in 1942) those united against the Axis powers in the war of 1939-45, (later) a supranational peace-seeking organization of these and many other States. United Provinces hist.
1 the seven provinces united in 1579 and forming the basis of the republic of the Netherlands.
2 an Indian administrative division formed by the union of Agra and Oudh and called Uttar Pradesh since 1950. United Reformed Church a Church formed in 1972 from the English Presbyterian and Congregational Churches. United States (in full United States of America) a federal republic of 50 States, mostly in N. America and including Alaska and Hawaii.

unitedly adv. unitive adj. unitively adv. [ME f. L unire unit- f. unus one]

unite.html - n.
1 a an individual thing, person, or group regarded as single and complete, esp. for purposes of calculation. b each of the (smallest) separate individuals or groups into which a complex whole may be analysed (the family as the unit of society).
2 a quantity chosen as a standard in terms of which other quantities may be expressed (unit of heat; SI unit; mass per unit volume).
3 Brit. the smallest share in a unit trust.
4 a device with a specified function forming part of a complex mechanism.
5 a piece of furniture for fitting with others like it or made of complementary parts.
6 a group with a special function in an organization.
7 a group of buildings, wards, etc., in a hospital.
8 the number 'one'.

unit cell Crystallog. the smallest repeating group of atoms, ions, or molecules in a crystal. unit cost the cost of producing one item of manufacture. unit-holder Brit. a person with a holding in a unit trust. unit price the price charged for each unit of goods supplied. unit trust Brit. an investment company investing combined contributions from many persons in various securities and paying them dividends in proportion to their holdings. [L unus, prob. after DIGIT]

unite.html - n. & adj.
--n.

1 a person who believes that God is not a Trinity but one person.
2 a member of a religious body maintaining this and advocating freedom from formal dogma or doctrine.

--adj.

of or relating to the Unitarians.

Unitarianism n. [mod.L unitarius f. L unitas UNITY]

unite.html - adj.
1 of a unit or units.
2 marked by unity or uniformity.

unitarily adv. unitarity n.

unite.html - v.
1 tr. & intr. join together; make or become one; combine.
2 tr. & intr. join together for a common purpose or action (united in their struggle against injustice).
3 tr. & intr. join in marriage.
4 tr. possess (qualities, features, etc.) in combination (united anger with mercy).
5 intr. & tr. form or cause to form a physical or chemical whole (oil will not unite with water).

United Brethren Eccl. the Moravians. United Kingdom Great Britain and Northern Ireland (until 1922, Great Britain and Ireland). United Nations (orig., in 1942) those united against the Axis powers in the war of 1939-45, (later) a supranational peace-seeking organization of these and many other States. United Provinces hist.
1 the seven provinces united in 1579 and forming the basis of the republic of the Netherlands.
2 an Indian administrative division formed by the union of Agra and Oudh and called Uttar Pradesh since 1950. United Reformed Church a Church formed in 1972 from the English Presbyterian and Congregational Churches. United States (in full United States of America) a federal republic of 50 States, mostly in N. America and including Alaska and Hawaii.

unitedly adv. unitive adj. unitively adv. [ME f. L unire unit- f. unus one]

unite.html - n.
(pl. -ies)
1 oneness; being one, single, or individual; being formed of parts that constitute a whole; due interconnection and coherence of parts (disturbs the unity of the idea; the pictures lack unity; national unity).
2 harmony or concord between persons etc. (lived together in unity).
3 a thing forming a complex whole (a person regarded as a unity).
4 Math. the number 'one', the factor that leaves unchanged the quantity on which it operates.
5 Theatr. each of the three dramatic principles requiring limitation of the supposed time of a drama to that occupied in acting it or to a single day (unity of time), use of one scene throughout (unity of place), and concentration on the development of a single plot (unity of action). [ME f. OF unit÷ f. L unitas -tatis f. unus one]