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▪ I. † reuˈnite, pa. pple. Obs.—1
[ad. pa. pple. of med.L. reūnīre: see next.]
Reunited.
c1450Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 140 At Domesday bodyes and sawles shal be revnit certayne.
▪ II. reunite, v.|riːjuːˈnaɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of med.L. reūnīre: see re- and unite v. Cf. F. réunir, Sp. and Pg. reunir, It. reunire.]
1. trans. To unite or bring together again; to join together after separation.
1591Savile Tacitus, Hist. iv. lvi. 211 Hee would..re⁓unite the greatest part of the cuntrey againe to the Roman Empire. 1601Holland Pliny II. 160 The young tendrils..do re-ioyn and re-vnite the skin of the head which was departed from the bones of the skull. 1681–6J. Scott Chr. Life (1747) III. 506 It is God that must recollect this Matter, reduce it into a Body again, and re-unite it to its ancient Soul. 1720Welton Suffer. Son of God II. xxx. 795 Who Reunitest all our Hearts within the Bond of Thy Love. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxvi. (1787) II. 586 As they had been divided by prosperity, they were easily re-united by the common hardships. 1835Lytton Rienzi ix. ii, She but felt that they were reunited. 1879Meredith Egoist xlvii, Clara could reunite him, turn him once more into a whole..man.
refl.1596Raleigh Discov. Gviana (1887) 145 Whatsoever companies shall be afterwards planted within the land..shall be able to reunite themselves upon any occasion. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. ii. li. (1674) 202 Any thing which..might make the people re-unite themselves with the Nobility. 1712J. James tr. Le Blond's Gardening 168 That the Sap may rise and reunite itself entirely above.
2. intr. To come together again and unite.
1660F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 97 Believing that their soules..would reunite to the body. 1689Swift Ode to Temple Wks. 1755 IV. i. 243 In pieces cut, the Viper still did reunite. 1763Mills Pract. Husb. II. 11 Now sand..only hinders the particles of the earth from re-uniting too closely. 1830Herschel Study Nat. Phil. 237 Usually, when strained too far, they break, and refuse to re-unite. 1876Mozley Univ. Serm. v. 115 There were the fragments of a mighty nation determined to reunite.
Hence reuˈnited ppl. a.; reuˈnitedly adv.; † reuˈnitement; reuˈniter; reuˈniting vbl. n.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 23/2 Thrust a needle through both the *revnited partes. 1896McKinley in Westm. Gaz. 6 Nov. 7/1 We have demonstrated to the world that we are a re-united people.
1847Webster, *Reunitedly, in a reunited manner.
1611Cotgr., Reunion, a reunion, *reunitement, reconcilement.
a1849J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 176 The grave is the great *Reuniter.
a1586Cartwright in Answ. to Cartwright 86 Your first page had raysed me vnto some hope for the *reuniting of your selfe..vnto vs. 1673Ayres (title), The Re-uniting of Christianity, or The manner how to rejoin all Christians under one sole Confession of Faith. 1872Rainy Lect. Ch. Scot. i. (1883) 47 A reuniting movement..set in and prevailed. 1883Edin. Daily Rev. 6 June 3/7 Would not this be the happy reuniting of our broken ranks? |