uniten.

Brit.

/juːˈnʌɪt/,

/jᵿˈnʌɪt/, U.S.

/juˈnaɪt/

Forms:

α. 1600s vnite, 1600s– unite.

β. 1600s unitie, 1600s vnity, 1700s unity, 1800s unities (plural); also Scottish pre-1700 vnitie.

γ. 1600s– unit; also Scottish pre-1700 vnet.

Also with capital initial.

Origin: Probably partly formed within English, by conversion. Perhaps also partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English unite , unite v.; unity n.

Etymology: In α. forms probably < unite, vnite, etc., past participle of unite v. (see also unite adj.). In β. forms either a specific sense development of unity n. or a remodelling of the α. forms by association with that noun. The γ. forms may show further remodelling of the α. forms by association with unit n.Named in allusion to the Union of the Crowns under James I, coins of the original issue bearing on the obverse the inscription Faciam eos in gentem unam ‘I will make them one people’ (Ezekiel 37:22).

Now historical and chiefly Numismatics.

1. An English gold coin first issued by James I in 1604, originally current at the value of 20 shillings, and raised in 1611 to 22 shillings. Cf. broad-piece n., Jacobus n.Different issues of this coin were called the laurel and the sceptre after the design they bore. See laurel n.¹ 4, sceptre n. 3, and sceptre-unite n. at sceptre n. Compounds 2.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > unite or Jacobus

unite1604

Jacobite piece1611

Jacobine1612

Jacobus1612

piece1631

Jacob1662

sceptre1695

sceptre-piece1695

sceptre broad-piece1701

sceptre-unite1853

α.

1604 Proclam. Coynes 16 Nov. One piece of Gold of the value of Twentie shillings sterling, to be called The Vnite, stamped on the one side with our Picture formerly vsed, with this Stile [etc.].

1611 Proclam. Alteration Prices of Gold 23 Nov. The piece of Gold called the Vnite [to be current] at xxij.s.

1612 Maire of Bristowe is Kalendar (1872) 65 In which purse were 100 vnites of gould, amountinge to the summe of 110^li.

1726 S. M. Leake Nummi Britannici Historia 90 A Pound weight of Crown Gold 22 Carracts fine, and two Carracts Allay into 41 l, by Tale, to wit, into Unites at 20 s.

1763 T. Snelling View Gold Coin Eng. 28 When the twenty shilling pieces, commonly called guineas, were coined in the reign of Charles II, then the unites of the Commonwealth, Charles I, and James I, received the name of broads or broad-pieces.

1831 Archaeologia Scotica 3 App. 40 [Donated] By Professor William Hamilton..a Half-mark of King James VI.; three Unites of the same king, of different sizes.

1898 G. B. Rawlings Story Brit. Coinage 77 A triple unite was also coined, but at the Oxford mint only.

1988 Times 26 Mar. 4/6 A rare Charles I unite, originally worth about £1, fetched the top price of £16,500.

β. 1604 in T. Rymer & R. Sanderson Fœdera (1715) XVI. 605/2 One Peece of Gold.., to be called The Unitie.1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. iv. 147 For the better keeping of Coynes of Gold..he raised the prizes of them, ordayning the price called the Vnity..to bee currant now for two and twenty.1751 Parl. Hist. Eng. V. 271 A broad Peice of Gold, called the Unity, before going for twenty Shillings, was raised to twenty-two Shillings.1840 C. Dickens Master Humphrey's Clock I. 64 ‘What is the reward?’ ‘One hundred golden unities.’γ. 1611 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1889) 1st Ser. IX. 288 The double angell callit the unet, quhilk is heir current for tuelff pundis, is valued in foreyne pairtis for xiii lib. iii s. quhilk is a full tent pairt moir.1696 N. Barbon Disc. coining New Money 78 The same pound weight and standard of Gold was coin'd into as many Units, Double-Corowns, and other pieces of Gold, as made up Forty pound eighteen shillings and four pence.1736 M. Folkes Table Eng. Gold Coins 6 2 Ja. 1. Sovereign or Units, vulgarly called Scepters.1765 T. Mortimer New Hist. Eng. II. ix. 475/2 Crowns of gold are of great antiquity. There never were any silver coins named nobles or angels,..sovereigns or units.1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. II. 471 The principal gold coins in the early part of the reign [of Charles I] were—the unit, or broad-piece (20 shillings), with its half and quarter.1907 Spink & Son's Numismatic Circ. June 9939 The remainder were English, the most ancient being three gold units, or twenty-shilling pieces.2009 World Coin Auction Catal. (Heritage Auction Galleries) 278/2 Charles I gold Unit ND (1637–1642).

†2. In silver unite. A name proposed for certain silver coins. Obsolete.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > proposed silver coins

sceptre1695

silver unite1695

1695 J. Locke Further Considerations conc. Raising Value of Money 45 He proposes that his Silver Vnite..should go for 75 Pence.

1695 W. Lowndes Rep. Amendm. Silver Coins 62 One Piece which may be called the Sceptre or the Silver-Unite.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

unitev.

Brit.

/juːˈnʌɪt/,

/jᵿˈnʌɪt/, U.S.

/juˈnaɪt/

Forms: late Middle English unyte (past tense), 1500s unyte, 1500s vnyte, 1500s–1600s vnite, 1600s unight, 1600s– unite; also Scottish pre-1700 onite, pre-1700 wneit.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ūnīt-, ūnīre.

Etymology: < classical Latin ūnīt-, past participial stem of ūnīre to join together, make one < ūnus one (see one adj.). Compare earlier une v., uny v. Compare also unite adj.Compare earlier use of unite adj. as past participle. With senses 1d and 6 compare French unir (1676 in chemistry in the passage translated in quot. 1678 at sense 1d, 1680 (reflexive) in horse-riding in the passage translated in quot. 1705 at sense 6a).

a. transitive. To combine or join (something) with (also to) another; to bring or put together to form a single entity; to cause to be one. Also intransitive.

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > unity or undividedness > make one [verb (transitive)]

unite?a1475

unify1502

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > unite [verb (transitive)] > specifically in non-physical connection

unite?a1475

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1876) VI. 289 Egberte prevaylynge in that batelle, unyte [L. univit] to his realme the realmes of the marches.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid x. Prol. 26 Set our natur God hes to hym vnyte.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xvj That he take no counsel to vnite Thempire to his house and posteritie [L. consilium nullum ineat, quo dignitatem Imperij, suae familiae peculiarem..faciat].

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. i. 220 Our peace wil like a broken limbe vnited, Grow stronger.

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. i. sig. I2^v Be gratious, Obseruation, to our sceane: For now the plot vnites his scattred limbes.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xix. 96 Where the publique and private interest are most closely united.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 416 The whole Chapell, Walls, Pav<em>ent, roofe are nothing but precious stones, united with the Mouldings, which is also of gilded Coper.

1712 R. Blackmore Creation vii. 327 The Mind..does Distinguish here, and there Unite.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxviii. 73 A wealthy and noble senator, who united the sacred characters of pontiff and augur, with the civil dignities of proconsul of Africa.

1788 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1789) 22 Much smoothness, and uniting the colours, is apt to produce heaviness.

1825 W. Scott Betrothed iii, in Tales Crusaders II. 68 Before the fianciailles had united his troth with that of Eveline Berenger.

1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xxvi. 333 I attribute the discrepancy to my having united observations made on both flanks of the river.

1882 E. R. Pitman Mission Life in Greece 174 The strongest wish of the Cretans is that they should be united to Greece.

1921 Times 16 May 6/4 The arrangements for uniting various ex-Service men's societies into one big organization.

1922 St. Nicholas June 836/1 The oxy-acetylene torch is employed both to cut and to unite masses of metal.

2000 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 33 287 The term ‘neuroscience’ was introduced..to unite and hence transform research scattered across medical as well as scientific specialities.

b. transitive (reflexive). To come together to form a single body or entity; to join or combine with (also to) another.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > unite [verb (transitive)]

uny1433

unec1460

unionc1475

unify1502

enuny1542

unite1555

co-unitea1592

adunitea1600

coadunate1607

atone1609

co-une1628

ferruminate1631

coadunite1649

unitize1812

inone1855

1555 R. Pownall in tr. W. Musculus Temporysour Ep. Ded. sig. A.iiij^v Who is he that is not now contented..to vnyte himself vnto that sacrifycing bloudye aultar of the blasphemous bredden God, the romishe Idol?

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 273 The quickening Worde of God vniting himselfe to his own flesh made that also quickning.

1600 H. Platt New & Admirable Arte Setting of Corne vi. sig. C^v By that viuifying heat they will vnite themselues in an amiable maner, and bee knit and ioyned together in most sweet and louing imbracements.

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. v. ix. 173 Two small branches of the fifth conjugation uniting themselves with the nerve.

a1672 P. Sterry Rise Kingdom of God (1683) 105 The Glory of God unites itself to the Spirit, and Principle of man, for the adopting of him, and entituling of him to Heaven.

1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 49 New Parts uniting themselves exteriourly to the former.

1788 J. Lemprière Classical Dict. at Cælus Saturn..deprived his father of the organs of generation, as he was going to unite himself to Terra.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 126 Her own story unites itself with that part of the narrative which [etc.].

1884 Cent. Mag. Dec. 285/1 From Fort Henry..a road entered the village, stopping first to unite itself with another wagon-way.

1914 G. Saintsbury in A. W. Ward & A. R. Waller Cambr. Hist. Eng. Lit. viii. 180 Chopped decasyllables, which unite themselves in the reading and so upset the intended rhythm.

1992 D. Spoto Laurence Olivier xiii. 304 In marrying him Joan Plowright also united herself with his legendary glamour, influence and fame.

c. intransitive. To come together to form a single body or entity; to combine. Also: to join or combine with (also to) another.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > unite [verb (intransitive)]

unitea1576

coite1578

atone1611

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > unity or undividedness > become one [verb (intransitive)]

unitea1576

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > unite [verb (intransitive)] > specifically in non-physical connection

unitea1576

a1576 Lady Abergavenny Praiers in T. Bentley et al. Monument of Matrones (1582) ii. 205 When it shall please thee, by the sound of a trumpe, to raise my bodie from the graue, when and in which time bodie and soule shall vnite and come before thy presence.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια xiii. vi. 945 It lieth vnder the scaly bones, & is so straightly fastned vnto them that at length they vnite.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 382 From my Loynes Thou shalt proceed, and from thy Womb the Son Of God most High; So God with man unites .

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxiii. 145 Let but a sharp cold come, and they unite, they consolidate, these little Atoms cohere.

1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. v. 375 Where to the Hip th' inserted Thigh unites.

1794 R. P. Knight Landscape i. 194 To lead..the prying sight To where component parts may best unite.

1804 in W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Prop. III. 164 Their heirship is unitas juris; the whole body of the coheirs, however numerous, must unite to constitute the heir.

1822 Ld. Byron Vision of Judgm. lxvi. 25 The next world; where unite All the costumes since Adam's.

1871 A. Meadows Man. Midwifery (ed. 2) 54 The tubes..sometimes remaining throughout single, but at other times dividing and uniting again.

1921 G. L. Burr et al. Hist. Hamilton & Clay Counties, Nebraska I. i. 25 There is still another Blue River that rises in Adams County..and, in Kansas, finally unites with the Big Blue.

1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. xi. 235 Aggregation is the joining together of a number of separate units to form a super-unit, as when coral polyps unite to form a colony.

1993 T. Medeiros Once Angel 116 She squinted at the notes, forcing them to unite in a pattern she could understand.

d. intransitive. Chemistry. To combine, via a chemical reaction, to form a compound or other substance.

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1678 tr. M. Charas Royal Pharmacopœa iii. iii. lix. 188 For the acid of the Spirit of Vinegar quitting the Lead, to unite with the Salt of Tartar [Fr. pour s'unir au Sel de Tartre], the same Lead rebecomes what it was before.

1785 T. Elliot tr. A.-F. de Fourcroy Elem. Lect. Chem. & Nat. Hist. I. 52 The vitriolic acid unites with the lime to form selenite.

1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. I. 303 They form together a triple salt,..which proves that they exercise a reciprocal attraction, in virtue of which they unite.

1867 C. L. Bloxam Chemistry 1 Chemical attraction is the force which causes different kinds of matter to unite, in order to form a new kind of matter.

1912 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 51 116 Two or more given elements do not unite in all possible proportions but in a comparatively few, usually simple, proportions.

1960 Times 4 Apr. 22/3 Under natural conditions atmospheric oxygen unites immediately with exposed aluminium to form a protective coating.

2011 M. S. Cracolice & E. I. Peters Introd. Chem. (ed. 4) viii. 217 This is a combination reaction in which two elements unite to form a compound.

a. transitive. To join together by a common interest, feeling, or cause; to bring together for a common purpose; to cause to be in harmony or agreement.

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society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > cause to become united or in concord [verb (transitive)]

accord1340

to bring, make, set at one1542

unite1547

concord1548

concert1598

unanimate1702

society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > become united [verb (reflexive)]

oneeOE

unite1547

1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes sig. hiv^v Remember (I besech you..) how that by this calling of vs into this vnitie,..he woulde also vnite & ioyne vs in one religion.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. i. 23 If Simpathy of Loue vnite our thoughts.

1649 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 155 The meanes to unite the heartes of all the sober Royalysts.

1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. viii. 392 A General, who might unite all those Northern Counties in his Service.

1709 H. Prideaux Lett. (1875) 202 His interest with the northern protestants may be of great use to unite them with the Church of England.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xxiv. 567 Let mutual amity..Unite them, and let wealth and peace abound.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna xii. xxiii. 261 The fond and long embrace which did their hearts unite.

1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xii. 661 Men of all tastes..were on this point united as by a common bond.

1942 Fortune Nov. 142/1 The President..has failed to unite us behind a set of war aims for which every heart can fight.

1985 G. Benford Artifact v. viii. 351 Everything nuclear was tarred with the same brush, uniting Luddites and pacifists and the anti-anythings.

2006 Church Times 23 June 15/2 The camaraderie of girls united in exam-time adversity.

b. transitive (reflexive). Of people, states, organizations, etc.: to come together for a common cause or purpose; to act in concert or agreement.

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1572 J. Leslie Copie Let. out of Scotl. f. 52 ^v Of whiche their desolation and plagues, when they haue struggled al they can one against an other, yet can they not hope for any other staie, til thei vniting themselues againe in the feare of God and mutual accord, doe..seeke to be reconciled..to their lawful, natural, and most gratiouse Queene.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. x. 70 This was the cause of mens vniting themselues at the first in politique societies.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) 229 Raging Mastives who..in presence of the Bull..they..both, eyther by sensuall consent or naturall instinct, unite themselves in one to assault their common adversary.

1673 J. Milton Psalm LXXXIII in Poems (new ed.) 151 Themselves against thee they unite And in firm union bind.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Province Provinces..that made a firm Alliance…by which they united themselves, so as never to be divided.

1752 G. Baddelley Serm. Several Subj. iv. 79 In those trying days, the religious united themselves into holy and friendly societies.

1815 Niles' Weekly Reg. 2 Sept. 23/2 The sovereign princes and free cities of Germany..unite themselves into a perpetual league.

1850 Rambler Sept. 267 What hope could we conceive.., if we did not unite ourselves in compunction of heart and reformation of manners?

1920 Christian Reg. (Boston) 11 Mar. 264/1 You have gathered before the Altar of God..for the purpose of uniting yourselves more closely in the bonds of religious fellowship.

2001 M. Twight Kiss or Kill (2002) 188 We united ourselves into a team by poking fun at the outsiders.

c. intransitive. Of people, states, organizations, etc.: to come together for a common cause or purpose; to act in concert or agreement. Of a person, state, organization, etc.: to join with another for a common cause or purpose. Also with in or infinitive, specifying the reason or circumstances for such coming together.

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society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > associate for common purpose [verb (intransitive)]

jousta1325

ally?a1400

joinc1400

associe1441

confederc1460

to stick together1525

band1530

to join forces1560

colleaguec1565

alliance1569

to enter league1578

unite1579

interleague1590

confederate1591

to join hands1598

combine1608

injointa1616

combinda1626

bandy1633

comply1646

federate1648

leaguea1649

associate1653

coalesce1657

to understand each other1663

sociate1688

to row in the same (also in one) boat1787

rendezvous1817

to make common cause (with)1845

to sing the same song1846

cahoot1857

to gang up1910

jungle1922

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ii. 88 The Florentyns, assoone as they were restored would vnite [Fr. vniroient] with the other Italians.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 1 If you will now vnite in your Complaints,..the Cardinall Cannot stand vnder them.

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiii. 311 The Presbyterians of Lancashire..Nobody imagin'd to be..unwilling to unite and joyn with the Royal Party.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xiv. 286 All united, at last, to drive out that King.

1847 L. H. Kerr tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Servia 22 Now it was necessary that all should unite in direct conflict against a common enemy.

1851 DeBow's Rev. 11 iv. 381 That officer will unite with the governor in a request to the President of the United States.

1890 Retrospect Med. 102 343 Teachers and text-books have all united in impressing upon us the necessity of the greatest care in handling tar.

1894 J. Swinton Striking for Life vii. 72 It has been for a good many years a familiar motto: ‘Workers of the World, Unite!’

1927 F. M. Thrasher Gang ii. xii. 201 Despite their animosities, however, they have united on occasion.

1959 Washington Post 20 July a6/5 All European countries should unite with the Soviet Union in a trading organization.

1986 Philadelphia Inquirer 11 July d2/2 I am convinced that if we can unite, we can win.

1992 Economist 18 Apr. 49/3 The Slovak example shows how much clout the old lot can retain if they unite behind a new political idea.

d. intransitive. literary and poetic. Of a person's heart or mind: to have a strong emotional or intellectual connection with another heart or mind. Of hearts or minds: to become connected in this way. Now rare.

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society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > be in concord [verb (intransitive)] > become united

onec1450

unite1766

1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. x. 147 With mind only can mind unite.

1781 W. Cowper Let. 17 Dec. (1979) I. 559 When minds that never met before, Shall meet, unite, and part no more.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna vi. xxxix. 147 Few were the living hearts which could unite Like ours.

1994 A.-M. Glasheen tr. H. Bauchau Oedipus on Road v. 103 As they adapt to this subterranean existence, their minds unite, enriching and improving the quality of their lives.

3. transitive. To cause (hands) to be joined, esp. as part of a betrothal or marriage ceremony. Also: to join (one's hand) with another. Cf. sense 7a.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [verb (intransitive)] > join hands (of couple being married)

to join handsa1535

unite1587

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 262/2 To vnite harts and hands in so sweet an harmonie.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 153 Since..Hymen did our hands Vnite comutuall in most sacred bands.

1692 N. Brady Rape v. 56 Draw near Ambiomer and Elismonda; Thus I unite your hands.

1762 Brit. Mag. Aug. 439/1 Here holy druids lovers hands unite, And love's own priest adores thee with delight.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna v. xlviii. 117 Now unite Thine hand with mine.

1820 W. Scott Monastery III. xii. 345 A house of the village, where next day their hands were united by the Protestant preacher.

1932 C. Clark Shakespeare & National Char. vi. 122 The way in which Baptista betrothed Katherine to Petruchio by uniting their hands before two witnesses is regarded by some as typically Italian.

1991 S. Collins tr. J.-L. Flandrin Sex in Western World i. iv. 54 The priest united their hands as a symbolic gesture.

a. transitive. To combine or amalgamate (troops or forces) into one body; to bring together (an army).

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > create military forces [verb (transitive)] > combine

unite1595

1595 W. Raleigh Let. 25 Nov. (1999) 129 Ther wilbe noe tyme gyven to unite the forces of the same sheere.

1599 R. Hakluyt tr. P. Vergil in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 69 The English and French, with forces and mindes vnited [L. Franci Anglique viribus & animis consociatis], sayled ouer into Africa.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 164 Vnite Your Troopes of horsemen, with his Bands of foote.

1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. viii. 421 The King..not believing that the Enemy could be so soon united.

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Battle You should unite all your force, examine the advantage of the ground [etc.].

1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. 369 [If] the forces of Greece..had been united and well directed.

a1901 J. G. Nicolay in A. W. Ward et al. Cambr. Mod. Hist. (1903) VII. xvi. 529 Sherman threatened Augusta to the left and Charleston to the right, and passing between them united his army at Columbia.

1937 G. E. Hyde Red Cloud's Folk xiii. 230 The Sioux chiefs did not seem to realize that there was a war. They made no attempt to unite their forces or to form a plan.

1990 A. F. Blakey Gen. J. H. Winder ii. 24 About ten minutes before the British attack got underway, Winder had finally united his army.

b. intransitive. Of troops or forces: to form one combined body; to come together. Now rare.

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society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (intransitive)] > combine

unite1692

join1706

1692 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) V. 100 The Eastern Winds, so constantly blowing, gave our Fleet time to unite.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. vii. 75 The time drew near, when the squadron would be separated never to unite again.

1813 Hist. Campaigns Brit. Forces Spain & Portugal IV. iv. i. 44 After this, the legion united and moved to Salvatierra.

1909 E. Daniels in A. W. Ward et al. Cambr. Mod. Hist. VI. ix. 273 After the capture of Schweidnitz almost all the Austrian forces united and marched on Breslau.

5. transitive. Of a person or thing: to possess or exhibit (two or more qualities or attributes) in combination; to combine in one's person (features usually regarded as distinct).

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (transitive)] > immaterial things > qualities or features

unitea1682

concrete1710

combine1827

a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 37 Unite not the Vices of both Sexes in one; be not..Hermaphroditically Vitious.

1762 Library Apr. 181 A system of œconomy which united elegance and simplicity, it was found sufficient for all the purposes of a decent and agreeable life.

1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne ii. 38 A specimen of D'Aubigné's style, which unites the severe and the ludicrous.

1824 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. II. 111/1 Uniting in himself all the vices of..a Barbary despot.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 143 The sons of Ealdgyth united the blood of the two greatest houses in England.

1913 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 82/2 The combination of the successful student, the pleasant companion, and the good fellow is not very common, but Simpson was one of these exceptional men and united all these qualities.

2004 B. Lang in J. H. Ellens & W. G. Rollins Psychol. & Bible II. vii. 98 She unites wisdom and womanhood but still remains erotic and seductive.

6. Horse Riding.

†a. intransitive. Of a horse: to be in a state of union (union n.² 2c). Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (intransitive)] > move legs in correct order

unite1705

1705 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Gentleman's Dict. i. (at cited word) A Horse is said to unite, or walk in union [Fr. Cheval qui s'unit, qui marche uniment]; when in galloping, the Hind-quarters follow and keep time with the Fore.

b. transitive. To cause (a horse) to be in a state of union (union n.² 2c). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > cause to move in other specific manner

extend1727

unite1799

caracol1835

1799 J. Adams Anal. Horsemanship 46 A heavy, insensible Hand cannot unite a horse, because the horse cannot bear its severity when united.

1884 E. L. Anderson Mod. Horsemanship 110 To unite a horse at a walk, the rider will press his legs against the sides of the animal, and, carrying back the forces of the forehand, prevent an increase of the speed by a corresponding operation of the hand.

1907 Country Life in Amer. Dec. 107/2 To demand gallop right, the rider should unite the horse.

a. transitive. To join (two people) in marriage; to join (a person) with (also to) another in marriage (now rare). Also reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > join in marriage

wedOE

join1297

spousec1325

bind1330

couplea1340

to put togethera1387

conjoin1447

accouple1548

matea1593

solemnize1592

espouse1599

faggot1607

noose1664

to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1700

rivet1700

to tie the knot1718

buckle1724

unite1728

tack1732

wedlock1737

marry1749

splice1751

to turn off1759

to tie up1894

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > celebrate (a marriage) [verb (transitive)] > marry (of priest or functionary)

wedOE

sacrec1425

marry1530

espouse1599

to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1700

unite1728

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Marriage A Civil and Religious Contract, by which a Man is join'd and united to a Woman.

1764 T. Mortimer New Hist. Eng. I. iv. 173 Malcolm beheld the princess Margaret with an eye of affection, she received his passion with complacency, and a short time united the royal pair: from this marriage sprung Matilda.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 21 Then did a father agree Peleus with Thetis unite him.

1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. vi. 119 She wants to see the two people she loves best on earth united.

1903 People's Home Jrnl. May 11/1 That very night a French priest united them before two witnesses.

1916 J. H. Wisdom & M. Murray tr. M. Lermontov Hero of our Time v. iii. 200 Heaven was not willing to unite her to him because he wore a soldier's cloak.

1938 C. E. Randall & D. P. Edgerton Famous Trees 62 Some of the oldest and most prominent citizens of this section of the country were united for life under this tree.

2009 S. Levy Paul Newman ix. 132 Beldon Katleman..stood by as District Judge Frank McNamee united the couple.

b. intransitive. Of a person: to join in marriage with another.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (intransitive)]

weda1225

marrya1325

spousec1390

to make matrimonyc1400

intermarry1528

contract1530

to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1535

to make a match1547

yoke1567

match1569

mate1589

to go to church (with a person)1600

to put one's neck in a noosec1600

paira1616

to join giblets1647

buckle1693

espouse1693

to change (alter) one's condition1712

to tie the knot1718

to marry out1727

to wedlock it1737

solemnize1748

forgather1768

unite1769

connubiate1814

conjugalize1823

connubialize1870

splice1874

to get hitched up1890

to hook up1903

1769 Town & Country Mag. June 312/1 Though..she possesses many accomplishments, and is a very deserving woman, it would be highly improper for me to unite with her upon such terms.

1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 692/1 Lord Burlington gave her £6000 as a marriage portion when she united with our unrivalled Roscius, in the July of 1749.

1866 S. Baring-Gould Curious Myths Middle Ages x. 203 A man..unites with a woman of the underground race.

2002 G. Ferrari Figures of Speech viii. 188 There follows a lacuna, after which we find Zas offering this mantle to Khthonie and asking her to unite with him.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unite
释义	uniten. Brit. /juːˈnʌɪt/, /jᵿˈnʌɪt/, U.S. /juˈnaɪt/ Forms: α. 1600s vnite, 1600s– unite. β. 1600s unitie, 1600s vnity, 1700s unity, 1800s unities (plural); also Scottish pre-1700 vnitie. γ. 1600s– unit; also Scottish pre-1700 vnet. Also with capital initial. Origin: Probably partly formed within English, by conversion. Perhaps also partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English unite , unite v.; unity n. Etymology: In α. forms probably < unite, vnite, etc., past participle of unite v. (see also unite adj.). In β. forms either a specific sense development of unity n. or a remodelling of the α. forms by association with that noun. The γ. forms may show further remodelling of the α. forms by association with unit n.Named in allusion to the Union of the Crowns under James I, coins of the original issue bearing on the obverse the inscription Faciam eos in gentem unam ‘I will make them one people’ (Ezekiel 37:22). Now historical and chiefly Numismatics. 1. An English gold coin first issued by James I in 1604, originally current at the value of 20 shillings, and raised in 1611 to 22 shillings. Cf. broad-piece n., Jacobus n.Different issues of this coin were called the laurel and the sceptre after the design they bore. See laurel n.¹ 4, sceptre n. 3, and sceptre-unite n. at sceptre n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > unite or Jacobus unite1604 Jacobite piece1611 Jacobine1612 Jacobus1612 piece1631 Jacob1662 sceptre1695 sceptre-piece1695 sceptre broad-piece1701 sceptre-unite1853 α. 1604 Proclam. Coynes 16 Nov. One piece of Gold of the value of Twentie shillings sterling, to be called The Vnite, stamped on the one side with our Picture formerly vsed, with this Stile [etc.]. 1611 Proclam. Alteration Prices of Gold 23 Nov. The piece of Gold called the Vnite [to be current] at xxij.s. 1612 Maire of Bristowe is Kalendar (1872) 65 In which purse were 100 vnites of gould, amountinge to the summe of 110^li. 1726 S. M. Leake Nummi Britannici Historia 90 A Pound weight of Crown Gold 22 Carracts fine, and two Carracts Allay into 41 l, by Tale, to wit, into Unites at 20 s. 1763 T. Snelling View Gold Coin Eng. 28 When the twenty shilling pieces, commonly called guineas, were coined in the reign of Charles II, then the unites of the Commonwealth, Charles I, and James I, received the name of broads or broad-pieces. 1831 Archaeologia Scotica 3 App. 40 [Donated] By Professor William Hamilton..a Half-mark of King James VI.; three Unites of the same king, of different sizes. 1898 G. B. Rawlings Story Brit. Coinage 77 A triple unite was also coined, but at the Oxford mint only. 1988 Times 26 Mar. 4/6 A rare Charles I unite, originally worth about £1, fetched the top price of £16,500. β. 1604 in T. Rymer & R. Sanderson Fœdera (1715) XVI. 605/2 One Peece of Gold.., to be called The Unitie.1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. iv. 147 For the better keeping of Coynes of Gold..he raised the prizes of them, ordayning the price called the Vnity..to bee currant now for two and twenty.1751 Parl. Hist. Eng. V. 271 A broad Peice of Gold, called the Unity, before going for twenty Shillings, was raised to twenty-two Shillings.1840 C. Dickens Master Humphrey's Clock I. 64 ‘What is the reward?’ ‘One hundred golden unities.’γ. 1611 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1889) 1st Ser. IX. 288 The double angell callit the unet, quhilk is heir current for tuelff pundis, is valued in foreyne pairtis for xiii lib. iii s. quhilk is a full tent pairt moir.1696 N. Barbon Disc. coining New Money 78 The same pound weight and standard of Gold was coin'd into as many Units, Double-Corowns, and other pieces of Gold, as made up Forty pound eighteen shillings and four pence.1736 M. Folkes Table Eng. Gold Coins 6 2 Ja. 1. Sovereign or Units, vulgarly called Scepters.1765 T. Mortimer New Hist. Eng. II. ix. 475/2 Crowns of gold are of great antiquity. There never were any silver coins named nobles or angels,..sovereigns or units.1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. II. 471 The principal gold coins in the early part of the reign [of Charles I] were—the unit, or broad-piece (20 shillings), with its half and quarter.1907 Spink & Son's Numismatic Circ. June 9939 The remainder were English, the most ancient being three gold units, or twenty-shilling pieces.2009 World Coin Auction Catal. (Heritage Auction Galleries) 278/2 Charles I gold Unit ND (1637–1642). †2. In silver unite. A name proposed for certain silver coins. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > proposed silver coins sceptre1695 silver unite1695 1695 J. Locke Further Considerations conc. Raising Value of Money 45 He proposes that his Silver Vnite..should go for 75 Pence. 1695 W. Lowndes Rep. Amendm. Silver Coins 62 One Piece which may be called the Sceptre or the Silver-Unite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † uniteadj. Forms: late Middle English unit, late Middle English unyte, late Middle English vnyette, late Middle English vnyt, 1500s vnyte, 1500s–1600s vnite, 1600s–1700s unite. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ūnītus, ūnīre. Etymology: < classical Latin ūnītus, past participle of ūnīre unite v. Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French uni (early 13th cent. in Old French), Spanish unido (mid 15th cent. or earlier), Portuguese unido (1439), Italian unito (a1321). Compare united adj., unite v. Obsolete (Scottish in later use). Combined or formed into one; united. a. In predicative use. Frequently as past participle. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > [adjective] redacta1398 unitec1429 adunatec1475 co-unite1548 united1552 atoned1611 unial1613 consisting1626 unioned1704 co-unea1711 unified1862 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > unity or undividedness > [adjective] > united or made into one oneOE unitec1429 concorporate?a1475 concorporalc1475 united1552 personed1565 concorporeal1871 c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 1500 The Arche withinne & without was hiled with golde polyt, And to Crist qvhikke and dede was the Godhed euer vnyt. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 143 (MED) By lewte and trowthe and feyth the Pepill byth vnyette [sic], Citteis fulfillid, and mayntenyd lordshuppis. 1542 King Henry VIII Declar. Causes Warre Scottis sig. Biiij^v Two or mo of one astate might be rulers in one countrie vnite as this Isle is. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV Introd. f. ii By the whiche mariage..the redde Rose, was vnite and ioyned with the white Rose. 1605 Famous Hist. Capt. Stukeley sig. G1^v That Spaine and Portingall shalbe unite. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems 212 A cluster of small starres unite These Meteors some do deem. 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. ii. ii. §18. 201 When Lands are rightly Unite or Erected in Barronies. 1721 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 595 The body of the ministers are joint and unite. b. In attributive use. ΚΠ 1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. F2^v My charme..Which Gods and diuels gaue vnite consent To be infract. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 133 [He] reduced all the Empire of Greece, to a vnite tranquilitie. 1675 R. Fleming Short Acct. Doctr. Romish Church 2 A continual visibility of the Church, as an unite body. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021). unitev. Brit. /juːˈnʌɪt/, /jᵿˈnʌɪt/, U.S. /juˈnaɪt/ Forms: late Middle English unyte (past tense), 1500s unyte, 1500s vnyte, 1500s–1600s vnite, 1600s unight, 1600s– unite; also Scottish pre-1700 onite, pre-1700 wneit. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ūnīt-, ūnīre. Etymology: < classical Latin ūnīt-, past participial stem of ūnīre to join together, make one < ūnus one (see one adj.). Compare earlier une v., uny v. Compare also unite adj.Compare earlier use of unite adj. as past participle. With senses 1d and 6 compare French unir (1676 in chemistry in the passage translated in quot. 1678 at sense 1d, 1680 (reflexive) in horse-riding in the passage translated in quot. 1705 at sense 6a). 1. a. transitive. To combine or join (something) with (also to) another; to bring or put together to form a single entity; to cause to be one. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > unity or undividedness > make one [verb (transitive)] unite?a1475 unify1502 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > unite [verb (transitive)] > specifically in non-physical connection unite?a1475 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1876) VI. 289 Egberte prevaylynge in that batelle, unyte [L. univit] to his realme the realmes of the marches. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid x. Prol. 26 Set our natur God hes to hym vnyte. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xvj That he take no counsel to vnite Thempire to his house and posteritie [L. consilium nullum ineat, quo dignitatem Imperij, suae familiae peculiarem..faciat]. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. i. 220 Our peace wil like a broken limbe vnited, Grow stronger. View more context for this quotation 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. i. sig. I2^v Be gratious, Obseruation, to our sceane: For now the plot vnites his scattred limbes. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xix. 96 Where the publique and private interest are most closely united. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 416 The whole Chapell, Walls, Pav<em>ent, roofe are nothing but precious stones, united with the Mouldings, which is also of gilded Coper. 1712 R. Blackmore Creation vii. 327 The Mind..does Distinguish here, and there Unite. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxviii. 73 A wealthy and noble senator, who united the sacred characters of pontiff and augur, with the civil dignities of proconsul of Africa. 1788 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1789) 22 Much smoothness, and uniting the colours, is apt to produce heaviness. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed iii, in Tales Crusaders II. 68 Before the fianciailles had united his troth with that of Eveline Berenger. 1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xxvi. 333 I attribute the discrepancy to my having united observations made on both flanks of the river. 1882 E. R. Pitman Mission Life in Greece 174 The strongest wish of the Cretans is that they should be united to Greece. 1921 Times 16 May 6/4 The arrangements for uniting various ex-Service men's societies into one big organization. 1922 St. Nicholas June 836/1 The oxy-acetylene torch is employed both to cut and to unite masses of metal. 2000 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 33 287 The term ‘neuroscience’ was introduced..to unite and hence transform research scattered across medical as well as scientific specialities. b. transitive (reflexive). To come together to form a single body or entity; to join or combine with (also to) another. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > unite [verb (transitive)] uny1433 unec1460 unionc1475 unify1502 enuny1542 unite1555 co-unitea1592 adunitea1600 coadunate1607 atone1609 co-une1628 ferruminate1631 coadunite1649 unitize1812 inone1855 1555 R. Pownall in tr. W. Musculus Temporysour Ep. Ded. sig. A.iiij^v Who is he that is not now contented..to vnyte himself vnto that sacrifycing bloudye aultar of the blasphemous bredden God, the romishe Idol? 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 273 The quickening Worde of God vniting himselfe to his own flesh made that also quickning. 1600 H. Platt New & Admirable Arte Setting of Corne vi. sig. C^v By that viuifying heat they will vnite themselues in an amiable maner, and bee knit and ioyned together in most sweet and louing imbracements. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. v. ix. 173 Two small branches of the fifth conjugation uniting themselves with the nerve. a1672 P. Sterry Rise Kingdom of God (1683) 105 The Glory of God unites itself to the Spirit, and Principle of man, for the adopting of him, and entituling of him to Heaven. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 49 New Parts uniting themselves exteriourly to the former. 1788 J. Lemprière Classical Dict. at Cælus Saturn..deprived his father of the organs of generation, as he was going to unite himself to Terra. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 126 Her own story unites itself with that part of the narrative which [etc.]. 1884 Cent. Mag. Dec. 285/1 From Fort Henry..a road entered the village, stopping first to unite itself with another wagon-way. 1914 G. Saintsbury in A. W. Ward & A. R. Waller Cambr. Hist. Eng. Lit. viii. 180 Chopped decasyllables, which unite themselves in the reading and so upset the intended rhythm. 1992 D. Spoto Laurence Olivier xiii. 304 In marrying him Joan Plowright also united herself with his legendary glamour, influence and fame. c. intransitive. To come together to form a single body or entity; to combine. Also: to join or combine with (also to) another. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > unite [verb (intransitive)] unitea1576 coite1578 atone1611 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > unity or undividedness > become one [verb (intransitive)] unitea1576 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > unite [verb (intransitive)] > specifically in non-physical connection unitea1576 a1576 Lady Abergavenny Praiers in T. Bentley et al. Monument of Matrones (1582) ii. 205 When it shall please thee, by the sound of a trumpe, to raise my bodie from the graue, when and in which time bodie and soule shall vnite and come before thy presence. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια xiii. vi. 945 It lieth vnder the scaly bones, & is so straightly fastned vnto them that at length they vnite. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 382 From my Loynes Thou shalt proceed, and from thy Womb the Son Of God most High; So God with man unites . View more context for this quotation 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxiii. 145 Let but a sharp cold come, and they unite, they consolidate, these little Atoms cohere. 1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. v. 375 Where to the Hip th' inserted Thigh unites. 1794 R. P. Knight Landscape i. 194 To lead..the prying sight To where component parts may best unite. 1804 in W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Prop. III. 164 Their heirship is unitas juris; the whole body of the coheirs, however numerous, must unite to constitute the heir. 1822 Ld. Byron Vision of Judgm. lxvi. 25 The next world; where unite All the costumes since Adam's. 1871 A. Meadows Man. Midwifery (ed. 2) 54 The tubes..sometimes remaining throughout single, but at other times dividing and uniting again. 1921 G. L. Burr et al. Hist. Hamilton & Clay Counties, Nebraska I. i. 25 There is still another Blue River that rises in Adams County..and, in Kansas, finally unites with the Big Blue. 1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. xi. 235 Aggregation is the joining together of a number of separate units to form a super-unit, as when coral polyps unite to form a colony. 1993 T. Medeiros Once Angel 116 She squinted at the notes, forcing them to unite in a pattern she could understand. d. intransitive. Chemistry. To combine, via a chemical reaction, to form a compound or other substance. ΚΠ 1678 tr. M. Charas Royal Pharmacopœa iii. iii. lix. 188 For the acid of the Spirit of Vinegar quitting the Lead, to unite with the Salt of Tartar [Fr. pour s'unir au Sel de Tartre], the same Lead rebecomes what it was before. 1785 T. Elliot tr. A.-F. de Fourcroy Elem. Lect. Chem. & Nat. Hist. I. 52 The vitriolic acid unites with the lime to form selenite. 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. I. 303 They form together a triple salt,..which proves that they exercise a reciprocal attraction, in virtue of which they unite. 1867 C. L. Bloxam Chemistry 1 Chemical attraction is the force which causes different kinds of matter to unite, in order to form a new kind of matter. 1912 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 51 116 Two or more given elements do not unite in all possible proportions but in a comparatively few, usually simple, proportions. 1960 Times 4 Apr. 22/3 Under natural conditions atmospheric oxygen unites immediately with exposed aluminium to form a protective coating. 2011 M. S. Cracolice & E. I. Peters Introd. Chem. (ed. 4) viii. 217 This is a combination reaction in which two elements unite to form a compound. 2. a. transitive. To join together by a common interest, feeling, or cause; to bring together for a common purpose; to cause to be in harmony or agreement. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > cause to become united or in concord [verb (transitive)] accord1340 to bring, make, set at one1542 unite1547 concord1548 concert1598 unanimate1702 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > become united [verb (reflexive)] oneeOE unite1547 1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes sig. hiv^v Remember (I besech you..) how that by this calling of vs into this vnitie,..he woulde also vnite & ioyne vs in one religion. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. i. 23 If Simpathy of Loue vnite our thoughts. View more context for this quotation 1649 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 155 The meanes to unite the heartes of all the sober Royalysts. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. viii. 392 A General, who might unite all those Northern Counties in his Service. 1709 H. Prideaux Lett. (1875) 202 His interest with the northern protestants may be of great use to unite them with the Church of England. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xxiv. 567 Let mutual amity..Unite them, and let wealth and peace abound. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna xii. xxiii. 261 The fond and long embrace which did their hearts unite. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xii. 661 Men of all tastes..were on this point united as by a common bond. 1942 Fortune Nov. 142/1 The President..has failed to unite us behind a set of war aims for which every heart can fight. 1985 G. Benford Artifact v. viii. 351 Everything nuclear was tarred with the same brush, uniting Luddites and pacifists and the anti-anythings. 2006 Church Times 23 June 15/2 The camaraderie of girls united in exam-time adversity. b. transitive (reflexive). Of people, states, organizations, etc.: to come together for a common cause or purpose; to act in concert or agreement. ΚΠ 1572 J. Leslie Copie Let. out of Scotl. f. 52 ^v Of whiche their desolation and plagues, when they haue struggled al they can one against an other, yet can they not hope for any other staie, til thei vniting themselues againe in the feare of God and mutual accord, doe..seeke to be reconciled..to their lawful, natural, and most gratiouse Queene. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. x. 70 This was the cause of mens vniting themselues at the first in politique societies. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) 229 Raging Mastives who..in presence of the Bull..they..both, eyther by sensuall consent or naturall instinct, unite themselves in one to assault their common adversary. 1673 J. Milton Psalm LXXXIII in Poems (new ed.) 151 Themselves against thee they unite And in firm union bind. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Province Provinces..that made a firm Alliance…by which they united themselves, so as never to be divided. 1752 G. Baddelley Serm. Several Subj. iv. 79 In those trying days, the religious united themselves into holy and friendly societies. 1815 Niles' Weekly Reg. 2 Sept. 23/2 The sovereign princes and free cities of Germany..unite themselves into a perpetual league. 1850 Rambler Sept. 267 What hope could we conceive.., if we did not unite ourselves in compunction of heart and reformation of manners? 1920 Christian Reg. (Boston) 11 Mar. 264/1 You have gathered before the Altar of God..for the purpose of uniting yourselves more closely in the bonds of religious fellowship. 2001 M. Twight Kiss or Kill (2002) 188 We united ourselves into a team by poking fun at the outsiders. c. intransitive. Of people, states, organizations, etc.: to come together for a common cause or purpose; to act in concert or agreement. Of a person, state, organization, etc.: to join with another for a common cause or purpose. Also with in or infinitive, specifying the reason or circumstances for such coming together. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > associate for common purpose [verb (intransitive)] jousta1325 ally?a1400 joinc1400 associe1441 confederc1460 to stick together1525 band1530 to join forces1560 colleaguec1565 alliance1569 to enter league1578 unite1579 interleague1590 confederate1591 to join hands1598 combine1608 injointa1616 combinda1626 bandy1633 comply1646 federate1648 leaguea1649 associate1653 coalesce1657 to understand each other1663 sociate1688 to row in the same (also in one) boat1787 rendezvous1817 to make common cause (with)1845 to sing the same song1846 cahoot1857 to gang up1910 jungle1922 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ii. 88 The Florentyns, assoone as they were restored would vnite [Fr. vniroient] with the other Italians. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 1 If you will now vnite in your Complaints,..the Cardinall Cannot stand vnder them. View more context for this quotation 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiii. 311 The Presbyterians of Lancashire..Nobody imagin'd to be..unwilling to unite and joyn with the Royal Party. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xiv. 286 All united, at last, to drive out that King. View more context for this quotation 1847 L. H. Kerr tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Servia 22 Now it was necessary that all should unite in direct conflict against a common enemy. 1851 DeBow's Rev. 11 iv. 381 That officer will unite with the governor in a request to the President of the United States. 1890 Retrospect Med. 102 343 Teachers and text-books have all united in impressing upon us the necessity of the greatest care in handling tar. 1894 J. Swinton Striking for Life vii. 72 It has been for a good many years a familiar motto: ‘Workers of the World, Unite!’ 1927 F. M. Thrasher Gang ii. xii. 201 Despite their animosities, however, they have united on occasion. 1959 Washington Post 20 July a6/5 All European countries should unite with the Soviet Union in a trading organization. 1986 Philadelphia Inquirer 11 July d2/2 I am convinced that if we can unite, we can win. 1992 Economist 18 Apr. 49/3 The Slovak example shows how much clout the old lot can retain if they unite behind a new political idea. d. intransitive. literary and poetic. Of a person's heart or mind: to have a strong emotional or intellectual connection with another heart or mind. Of hearts or minds: to become connected in this way. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > be in concord [verb (intransitive)] > become united onec1450 unite1766 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. x. 147 With mind only can mind unite. 1781 W. Cowper Let. 17 Dec. (1979) I. 559 When minds that never met before, Shall meet, unite, and part no more. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna vi. xxxix. 147 Few were the living hearts which could unite Like ours. 1994 A.-M. Glasheen tr. H. Bauchau Oedipus on Road v. 103 As they adapt to this subterranean existence, their minds unite, enriching and improving the quality of their lives. 3. transitive. To cause (hands) to be joined, esp. as part of a betrothal or marriage ceremony. Also: to join (one's hand) with another. Cf. sense 7a. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [verb (intransitive)] > join hands (of couple being married) to join handsa1535 unite1587 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 262/2 To vnite harts and hands in so sweet an harmonie. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 153 Since..Hymen did our hands Vnite comutuall in most sacred bands. View more context for this quotation 1692 N. Brady Rape v. 56 Draw near Ambiomer and Elismonda; Thus I unite your hands. 1762 Brit. Mag. Aug. 439/1 Here holy druids lovers hands unite, And love's own priest adores thee with delight. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna v. xlviii. 117 Now unite Thine hand with mine. 1820 W. Scott Monastery III. xii. 345 A house of the village, where next day their hands were united by the Protestant preacher. 1932 C. Clark Shakespeare & National Char. vi. 122 The way in which Baptista betrothed Katherine to Petruchio by uniting their hands before two witnesses is regarded by some as typically Italian. 1991 S. Collins tr. J.-L. Flandrin Sex in Western World i. iv. 54 The priest united their hands as a symbolic gesture. 4. a. transitive. To combine or amalgamate (troops or forces) into one body; to bring together (an army). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > create military forces [verb (transitive)] > combine unite1595 1595 W. Raleigh Let. 25 Nov. (1999) 129 Ther wilbe noe tyme gyven to unite the forces of the same sheere. 1599 R. Hakluyt tr. P. Vergil in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 69 The English and French, with forces and mindes vnited [L. Franci Anglique viribus & animis consociatis], sayled ouer into Africa. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 164 Vnite Your Troopes of horsemen, with his Bands of foote. View more context for this quotation 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. viii. 421 The King..not believing that the Enemy could be so soon united. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Battle You should unite all your force, examine the advantage of the ground [etc.]. 1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. 369 [If] the forces of Greece..had been united and well directed. a1901 J. G. Nicolay in A. W. Ward et al. Cambr. Mod. Hist. (1903) VII. xvi. 529 Sherman threatened Augusta to the left and Charleston to the right, and passing between them united his army at Columbia. 1937 G. E. Hyde Red Cloud's Folk xiii. 230 The Sioux chiefs did not seem to realize that there was a war. They made no attempt to unite their forces or to form a plan. 1990 A. F. Blakey Gen. J. H. Winder ii. 24 About ten minutes before the British attack got underway, Winder had finally united his army. b. intransitive. Of troops or forces: to form one combined body; to come together. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (intransitive)] > combine unite1692 join1706 1692 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) V. 100 The Eastern Winds, so constantly blowing, gave our Fleet time to unite. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. vii. 75 The time drew near, when the squadron would be separated never to unite again. 1813 Hist. Campaigns Brit. Forces Spain & Portugal IV. iv. i. 44 After this, the legion united and moved to Salvatierra. 1909 E. Daniels in A. W. Ward et al. Cambr. Mod. Hist. VI. ix. 273 After the capture of Schweidnitz almost all the Austrian forces united and marched on Breslau. 5. transitive. Of a person or thing: to possess or exhibit (two or more qualities or attributes) in combination; to combine in one's person (features usually regarded as distinct). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (transitive)] > immaterial things > qualities or features unitea1682 concrete1710 combine1827 a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 37 Unite not the Vices of both Sexes in one; be not..Hermaphroditically Vitious. 1762 Library Apr. 181 A system of œconomy which united elegance and simplicity, it was found sufficient for all the purposes of a decent and agreeable life. 1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne ii. 38 A specimen of D'Aubigné's style, which unites the severe and the ludicrous. 1824 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. II. 111/1 Uniting in himself all the vices of..a Barbary despot. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 143 The sons of Ealdgyth united the blood of the two greatest houses in England. 1913 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 82/2 The combination of the successful student, the pleasant companion, and the good fellow is not very common, but Simpson was one of these exceptional men and united all these qualities. 2004 B. Lang in J. H. Ellens & W. G. Rollins Psychol. & Bible II. vii. 98 She unites wisdom and womanhood but still remains erotic and seductive. 6. Horse Riding. †a. intransitive. Of a horse: to be in a state of union (union n.² 2c). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (intransitive)] > move legs in correct order unite1705 1705 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Gentleman's Dict. i. (at cited word) A Horse is said to unite, or walk in union [Fr. Cheval qui s'unit, qui marche uniment]; when in galloping, the Hind-quarters follow and keep time with the Fore. b. transitive. To cause (a horse) to be in a state of union (union n.² 2c). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > cause to move in other specific manner extend1727 unite1799 caracol1835 1799 J. Adams Anal. Horsemanship 46 A heavy, insensible Hand cannot unite a horse, because the horse cannot bear its severity when united. 1884 E. L. Anderson Mod. Horsemanship 110 To unite a horse at a walk, the rider will press his legs against the sides of the animal, and, carrying back the forces of the forehand, prevent an increase of the speed by a corresponding operation of the hand. 1907 Country Life in Amer. Dec. 107/2 To demand gallop right, the rider should unite the horse. 7. a. transitive. To join (two people) in marriage; to join (a person) with (also to) another in marriage (now rare). Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > join in marriage wedOE join1297 spousec1325 bind1330 couplea1340 to put togethera1387 conjoin1447 accouple1548 matea1593 solemnize1592 espouse1599 faggot1607 noose1664 to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1700 rivet1700 to tie the knot1718 buckle1724 unite1728 tack1732 wedlock1737 marry1749 splice1751 to turn off1759 to tie up1894 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > celebrate (a marriage) [verb (transitive)] > marry (of priest or functionary) wedOE sacrec1425 marry1530 espouse1599 to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1700 unite1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Marriage A Civil and Religious Contract, by which a Man is join'd and united to a Woman. 1764 T. Mortimer New Hist. Eng. I. iv. 173 Malcolm beheld the princess Margaret with an eye of affection, she received his passion with complacency, and a short time united the royal pair: from this marriage sprung Matilda. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 21 Then did a father agree Peleus with Thetis unite him. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. vi. 119 She wants to see the two people she loves best on earth united. 1903 People's Home Jrnl. May 11/1 That very night a French priest united them before two witnesses. 1916 J. H. Wisdom & M. Murray tr. M. Lermontov Hero of our Time v. iii. 200 Heaven was not willing to unite her to him because he wore a soldier's cloak. 1938 C. E. Randall & D. P. Edgerton Famous Trees 62 Some of the oldest and most prominent citizens of this section of the country were united for life under this tree. 2009 S. Levy Paul Newman ix. 132 Beldon Katleman..stood by as District Judge Frank McNamee united the couple. b. intransitive. Of a person: to join in marriage with another. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (intransitive)] weda1225 marrya1325 spousec1390 to make matrimonyc1400 intermarry1528 contract1530 to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1535 to make a match1547 yoke1567 match1569 mate1589 to go to church (with a person)1600 to put one's neck in a noosec1600 paira1616 to join giblets1647 buckle1693 espouse1693 to change (alter) one's condition1712 to tie the knot1718 to marry out1727 to wedlock it1737 solemnize1748 forgather1768 unite1769 connubiate1814 conjugalize1823 connubialize1870 splice1874 to get hitched up1890 to hook up1903 1769 Town & Country Mag. June 312/1 Though..she possesses many accomplishments, and is a very deserving woman, it would be highly improper for me to unite with her upon such terms. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 692/1 Lord Burlington gave her £6000 as a marriage portion when she united with our unrivalled Roscius, in the July of 1749. 1866 S. Baring-Gould Curious Myths Middle Ages x. 203 A man..unites with a woman of the underground race. 2002 G. Ferrari Figures of Speech viii. 188 There follows a lacuna, after which we find Zas offering this mantle to Khthonie and asking her to unite with him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1604adj.c1429v.?a1475
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