单词 | uniting |
释义 | unitingn. 1. The action of unite v.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > [noun] oneing1340 unitya1387 onementa1425 unition?a1425 unionc1475 uniting1537 uning1545 adunation1551 coadunation1558 aduniting1619 unitage1641 coadunition1642 oneness1653 co-unitya1711 inoneing1855 1537 Inst. Christen Man f. 37v The vertue & efficacy of matrimony, in the vniting & incorporating of two bodyes in one. 1559 Seconde Volume of Fabians Chronicle in Chronicle of Fabian (new ed.) sig. BBB.iiiv The vnitinge of the twoo houses of Yorke and Lancaster. 1597 T. Rogers St. Augustines Pretious Booke Heauenlie Medit. (new ed.) xvi. 66 That vnspeakable..vniting togither of thy Godhead and manhood in one person. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 379 These vnitings are not alwayes after one manner. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxii. 122 All uniting of strength by private men. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 172 All its Roots are not well filled in with Earth, but Cavities or Stones left about some of them, which hinders their uniting with the Ground. 1714 in Jrnl. Friends Hist. Soc. (1918) 29 Truth..broke through for our..comfort, soe 'twas an Uniting time. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 125 The uniting of two persons in marriage. 1898 I. H. Harper Life & Work S. B. Anthony II. xxxv. 632 This uniting of the two associations was begun in 1887 and finished in 1890. 1904 Humanitarian Rev. May 466 All bodies and forces are continually being made and unmade by the unitings and separatings of these atoms. 1996 S. H. Nasr Relig. & Order of Nature iii. 83 Pythagorean mathematics was a means of uniting rather than dividing. 2001 Jrnl. Asian Martial Arts 10 No. 1. 19 Wugong is translated as ‘martial-acrobatic arts’, to indicate the uniting of two different systems. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > a join or junction juncturea1382 jointure1382 joiningc1384 commissure?c1425 shuttingc1440 concourse?a1560 abutment1644 internodium1653 shut1721 uniting1728 conjuncture1747 join1825 junction1841 1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 81 The Joint is..apt to discover the Grains of each Wood at the uniting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). unitingadj. 1. That unites two or more people or things; that brings about union or unity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > [adjective] > having property of uniting unitivea1500 uniting1582 unifying1681 unific1788 esemplastic1817 unital1837 inoneing1855 unificatorya1897 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xxi. 153 The vniting line is expressed by a long stroke betwene two syllabs. 1595 J. Smith Doctr. Praier 115 By one common and vniting praier, he hath commaunded vs to pray for all men. a1635 R. Sibbes Heavenly Conf. (1656) 92 That Spirit of God..is a uniting spirit. a1653 H. Binning Wks. (1735) 11/2 Christ is the uniting Principle. 1749 T. Gataker tr. H. F. Le Dran Operations in Surg. 64 I next apply an uniting bandage made with an napkin, which is to be so placed as to go round the body. 1752 T. Simson Inq. Vital & Animal Actions ii. 122 Now the fibrous parts are separating in course; but, retaining still some of the uniting force natural to them while in life. 1823 W. Henry Elements Exper. Chem. (ed. 9) I. v. 194 When the uniting wire was perpendicularly opposite to the north pole of the suspended needle. 1895 Athenæum 6 July 8/3 A book of impressions without any uniting idea. 1936 E. A. Atkins & A. G. Walker Electr. Arc & Oxy-acetylene Welding (ed. 3) i. 3 When a second metal is used as a uniting medium it ought to be referred to as soldering. 2001 Navy News Sept. 4/2 The uniting cause for all agencies in the peace process remains the disarmament and demobilisation of the RUF and other armed groups. 2. Coming together, combining; forming a united group or body.Used in the titles of Christian churches formed by the combination of several denominations, esp. in that of the Uniting Church in Australia, formed in 1977. ΚΠ 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike xxi. 137 So the Air remaining Air, receives fire in the Crest of the uniting Beams, with its forms, and all its properties. 1712 R. Blackmore Creation vi. 290 The sportive Flood..with uniting Tides..wanton clasps the intercepted Soil. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna ii. xlvi. 55 Then..shall all the kinds Of evil, catch from our uniting minds The spark which must consume them. 1855 S. W. Baker Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon x. 290 Their uniting crowns throw a sombre shade over the barren ground beneath. 1938 Sci. Monthly Apr. 344/1 Among animals the uniting cells are known as egg and sperm. 1970 Time 25 May 76 Episcopalians are potential participants in the proposed multichurch Protestant merger, the Church of Christ Uniting. 2006 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 20 Apr. 77 He was secretary of the Union Church (a combination of Methodists and Presbyterians), later the Uniting Church, for 40 years. 2009 J. H. Elliott Spain, Europe & Wider World i. 15 A dynastic union..preserving the separate identities of the uniting kingdoms, remained the form of union most easily achieved. Derivatives uˈnitingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > [adverb] > so as to unify unitively1612 unitingly1648 1648 F. Roberts Believers Evidences for Eternall Life i. 13 Thou mayest know that thou truly lovest him..Attractively and unitingly, when God and Jesus Christ are so indeared to the heart. 1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. p. iv Inroads daily made..unitingly conspire, to destroy..its Beauties. 1831 Christian Index 11 June 382/2 While glorified millions unitingly hail The Lamb in the midst of the throne! 1995 Economist 23 Dec. 20/1 The sense of being ‘we’ can come from a shared language, as it unitingly does in most European countries, but divisively in places like Quebec. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1537adj.1582 |
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