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unitive, a.|ˈjuːnɪtɪv|
[ad. late L. ūnītīv-us (Quicherat), f. L. ūnīt-, ppl. stem of ūnīre: see unite v. and -ive. Cf. F. unitive, -if, (15th c.), Sp., Pg., and It. unitivo.]
1. Having the property or effect of uniting; serving to unite or cause union; characterized by or involving union.
Freq. c 1643–c 1670, esp. in the writings of H. More.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 285 b, For loue..is unityue, that is to saye, it disposeth and draweth all thynges that it ruleth, to peace & vnite. 1647H. More Song of Soul Notes 136/2 The unitive power of the Intellect. 1660Jer. Taylor Ductor ii. i. rule i. §33 That all laws which are commonly called Natural are most reasonable, they are perfective of Nature, unitive of Societies. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 162 The ground of magical fascination is one vital unitive principle in the universe.
a1834Coleridge in Lit. Rem. (1839) IV. 26 Christ, the head, and by his Spirit the bond, or unitive copula of all. 1845J. H. Newman Ess. Developm. 337 The very nature of a true philosophy relatively to other systems is to be polemical, eclectic, unitive. 1893Patmore Relig. Poetæ 99 Genius consists wholly in the possession of the divine faculty of synthetic or unitive apprehension.
†b. Of a person. Obs. rare—1.
1651H. More Second Lash in Enthus. Tri., etc. (1656) 195 Thou art so unitive a soul, Phil,..that thou wouldst not stick to match chalk and cheese together.
c. Anat. Of fibres: (see quots.).
1875T. Hayden Dis. Heart 31 Luton describes the fibres of the ventricles [of the heart] as common and proper. The former are the ‘unitive’ fibres of Gerdy. Ibid. 32 The posterior ‘unitive’ fibres pass from the posterior segments of the auriculo-ventricular zones..to the right edge of the heart.
2. Having the quality or attribute of uniting spiritually to the Deity.
a1659Rous Heav. Univ. (1702) 160 Until that I shall arrive to the unitive union of the Father. 1675O. Walker Paraphr. St. Paul 94 The institution of the unitiue vertue of the Sacrifices. 1855Pusey Doctrine of Real Presence 312 This introduction [of the body of Christ under these species]..is not an action bringing (adductive of) the Body of Christ, nor simply unitive. 1855Bailey Mystic, etc. 58 That blessed secret, unitive and divine,..which us Ones with the heavens. 1879L. Shepherd tr. Guéranger's Liturg. Year I. 389 This unitive power of the Eucharist.
b. spec. in unitive life, unitive way, etc., applied to the third and final stage of spiritual advancement.
1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. Disc. i. §9 All the eminencies and spirituall riches of the unitive life. Ibid. Disc. iii. §26 Concerning the very same thing which the old Divines call the unitive Way. 1687Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 341 Seraphic love, and this with Contemplation, makes up that which the Mystic Divines stile the Unitive way of Religion. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 237 The Purgative, Illuminative and Unitive Conditions of the Mind. 1749G. Lavington Enthus. Meth. & Papists (1754) 146 By the purgative and illuminating Way, she attains to the Unitive. 1830For. Rev. & Cont. Misc. V. 318 The purgative, illuminative, and unitive stages of devotion. 1848Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 208 The soul..Lay lulled in glory, and in unitive Life with divinity. 1899W. R. Inge Chr. Mysticism i. 10 Strictly, the unitive road (via) leads to the contemplative life (vita).
Hence ˈunitively adv.; ˈunitiveness.
1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 322 The consideration of the collectiveness and unitiveness of..[these] types. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 307 Jupiter who conteineth the Vniverse, and All things within himself, Vnitively and Intellectually. Ibid. 582 The First of these is sometimes said to be..‘All things Vnitively,’ The Second..‘All things Intellectually.’ 1812–29Coleridge in Lit. Rem. (1838) III. 147 The corrupt will cannot..be unitively subordinated to the reason. 1865Neale Hymns Paradise 68 Whom, embracing unitively, Thou shalt love with perfect will. |