unitiveadj.

Brit.

/ˈjuːnᵻtɪv/, U.S.

/ˈjunədɪv/

Forms: late Middle English vnitif, late Middle English vnitiif, late Middle English vnitive, 1500s vnityue, 1600s unitiue, 1600s vnitiue, 1600s– unitive.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French unitif; Latin unitivus.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French, French unitif uniting, unifying (c1429 in the passage translated in quot. a1500 at sense 2; also c1429 in vie unitive ; 1852 in fibres unitives in the passage translated in quot. 1853 at sense 3), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin unitivus serving to unite or unify (6th cent.) < classical Latin ūnīt- , past participial stem of ūnīre unite v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Catalan unitiu (1498), Spanish unitivo (1424 or earlier), Portuguese unitivo (1635), Italian unitivo (a1342).

1. Theology.

a. Having the quality or attribute of uniting a person spiritually to God.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > [adjective] > uniting with

unitive?a1425

?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 215 What tonge were þat þat myȝte telle þe excellence of þis laste vnitiif staat, and also of þe dyuerse fruytis þat sich a soule resceyueþ.

?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 416 In þe..moost parfiȝt state a soule is come to þe excellens of vnitif loue.

1609 tr. Poullet in Benet of Canfield Rule of Perfection (new ed.) sig. ā3^v Others..are viuified with the vnitiue spirit of God.

1675 O. Walker Paraphr. Epist. St. Paul 94 The institution of the unitiue vertue of the Sacrifices.

1704 J. Sage Reasonableness of Toleration to Episcopal Perswasion ii. 73 The Unitive Spirit of the Gospel.

1720 ‘T. M.’ tr. J. M. Horstius Paradise of Soul i. iv. 41 Admirable and unitive Wisdom..which, without previous Meditation, draws the Mind of the Lover up to God.

1855 E. B. Pusey Doctr. Real Presence 312 This introduction [of the body of Christ under these species]..is not an action bringing..the Body of Christ, nor simply unitive.

1879 L. Shepherd tr. P. Guéranger Liturg. Year: Time after Pentecost I. 389 This unitive power of the Eucharist.

1963 D. M. Matheson tr. F. Schuon Understanding Islam i. 40 Love is a form and a criterion of unitive knowledge.

2005 Church Times 12 Aug. 13/1 Evelyn Underhill made holiness and unitive prayer seem not an Everest impossibility, but a marvellous personal invitation.

b. Of or relating to the third and highest stage of spiritual advancement, following the purgative (purgative adj. 2a) and illuminative (illuminative adj. 2a) stages, in which the individual will is consciously united with that of God. Esp. in unitive life, unitive way.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > [noun] > advancement of

unitive way1609

1609 Benet of Canfield Rule of Perfection (new ed.) i. i. 6 A man goeth forward..in the contemplatiue and vnitiue life without changing or interrupting his course of exercise, or breaking the thread of his spirituall practise.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. §26 Concerning the very same thing which the old Divines call the unitive Way.

1691 E. Scarisbrick Life Lady Warner iii. vi. 209 By the purgative and illuminating way, she attains to the Unitive.

1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ I. 237 The Purgative, Illuminative and Unitive Conditions of the Mind.

1756 W. Calcott Thoughts Moral & Divine 189 The contemplative and unitive Way of Religion, consisting in..affectionate Unions and Adherences to him [sc. God].

1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 208 The soul..Lay lulled in glory, and in unitive Life with divinity.

1899 W. R. Inge Christian Mysticism i. 10 Strictly, the unitive road (via) leads to the contemplative life (vita).

1943 C. Williams Figure of Beatrice vi. 91 Until this unitive life is achieved the unity of which it is at once a part and an apprehension cannot be known.

1988 J. Bradshaw Healing Shame that Binds You ii. xii. 219 The dark night of the soul is the stage of preparation before entering the ‘unitive way’.

2000 M. Ivens tr. J. Melloni Exercises St. Ignatius in Western Trad. iii. 41 Hugh of Balma identifies the purgative way with beginners, the illuminative way with those making progress, and the unitive life with the perfect.

2. Of a person or thing: that has the effect of uniting; characterized by or involving union or unification.In quot. a1500: that creates uniformity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective] > advocating uniformity

unitivea1500

uniformitarian1897

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

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > unity or undividedness > [adjective] > producing unity

unitivea1500

unifying1681

unific1788

unitizing1797

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > unity or undividedness > [adjective] > producing unity > of person

unitivea1500

a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 21 (MED) The Power Vegetatif restith neuir, with hir doughtirs, Nutrityve, Formatyve, Assimylatyve, and Vnitive, which be continually werking in their forges.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. eviii^v For loue..is vnityue, that is to say, it disposeth and draweth all thynges that it ruleth, to peace and vnyte.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems Notes 136/2 The unitive power of the Intellect.

1651 H. More Second Lash of Alazanomastix in Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1656) 195 Thou art so unitive a soul, Phil,..that thou wouldst not stick to match chalk and cheese together.

1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. i. Rule 1 §33 That all laws which are commonly called Natural are most reasonable, they are perfective of Nature, unitive of Societies.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 162 The ground of Magical Fascination, is one Vital Unitive Principle in the Universe.

1746 A. Stevenson De Municipum Juramento 58 This Article is unitive and conjunctive, making the Swearer one with the Borough as such.

1762 M. Combrune Theory & Pract. Brewing xiii. 236 Germinated grains..strongly attract the unitive particles they want, and excite an intestine motion, which generates heat.

1845 J. H. Newman Ess. Devel. Christian Doctr. 337 The very nature of a true philosophy relatively to other systems is to be polemical, eclectic, unitive.

1893 C. Patmore Relig. Poetæ 99 Genius consists wholly in the possession of the divine faculty of synthetic or unitive apprehension.

1958 J. Sykes Quakers ii. iii. 207 Theirs had been a unitive vision, and they had declaimed this without whittling it down.

1967 N. Walter Let. in Listener 20 Apr. 523/2 He [sc. Bertrand Russell] was perhaps the most unitive element of all.

2003 Independent 4 July 15/5 The act of human lovemaking has a unitive and procreative aspect.

†3. Anatomy. Of cardiac muscle fibres: common to both ventricles. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > vascular system > heart > [adjective] > fibre

unitive1853

1853 tr. A. A. Verneuil in Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 25 175 The term superficial unitive fibres is applied to the first half of these loops, extending from the fibrous zones of the base to the apex of the heart.

1875 T. Hayden Dis. Heart 32 The posterior ‘unitive’ fibres pass from the posterior segments of the auriculo-ventricular zones..to the right edge of the heart.

1887 E. P. Hurd tr. G. O. Dujardin-Beaumetz Mod. Treatm. Dis. Heart 60 There are also certain connective fibres ‘unitive fibres’ common to both ventricles.

Derivatives

ˈunitiveness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > [noun] > uniting quality

unitiveness1664

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 322 The consideration of the collectiveness and unitiveness of..[these] types.

1882 E. R. Clay Alternative i. xvi. 192 The higher degrees of unitiveness tend to hide, and the lower to leave exposed, the plurality of the object the aspect of which it contributes to determine.

1995 R. Sekoni in C. J. Trotman L. Hughes 67 African cultural discourse is imbued with tropological categories for semiotizing moments of ambivalence and unitiveness.

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

单词	unitive
释义	unitiveadj. Brit. /ˈjuːnᵻtɪv/, U.S. /ˈjunədɪv/ Forms: late Middle English vnitif, late Middle English vnitiif, late Middle English vnitive, 1500s vnityue, 1600s unitiue, 1600s vnitiue, 1600s– unitive. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French unitif; Latin unitivus. Etymology: < (i) Middle French, French unitif uniting, unifying (c1429 in the passage translated in quot. a1500 at sense 2; also c1429 in vie unitive ; 1852 in fibres unitives in the passage translated in quot. 1853 at sense 3), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin unitivus serving to unite or unify (6th cent.) < classical Latin ūnīt- , past participial stem of ūnīre unite v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Catalan unitiu (1498), Spanish unitivo (1424 or earlier), Portuguese unitivo (1635), Italian unitivo (a1342). 1. Theology. a. Having the quality or attribute of uniting a person spiritually to God. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > [adjective] > uniting with unitive?a1425 ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 215 What tonge were þat þat myȝte telle þe excellence of þis laste vnitiif staat, and also of þe dyuerse fruytis þat sich a soule resceyueþ. ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 416 In þe..moost parfiȝt state a soule is come to þe excellens of vnitif loue. 1609 tr. Poullet in Benet of Canfield Rule of Perfection (new ed.) sig. ā3^v Others..are viuified with the vnitiue spirit of God. 1675 O. Walker Paraphr. Epist. St. Paul 94 The institution of the unitiue vertue of the Sacrifices. 1704 J. Sage Reasonableness of Toleration to Episcopal Perswasion ii. 73 The Unitive Spirit of the Gospel. 1720 ‘T. M.’ tr. J. M. Horstius Paradise of Soul i. iv. 41 Admirable and unitive Wisdom..which, without previous Meditation, draws the Mind of the Lover up to God. 1855 E. B. Pusey Doctr. Real Presence 312 This introduction [of the body of Christ under these species]..is not an action bringing..the Body of Christ, nor simply unitive. 1879 L. Shepherd tr. P. Guéranger Liturg. Year: Time after Pentecost I. 389 This unitive power of the Eucharist. 1963 D. M. Matheson tr. F. Schuon Understanding Islam i. 40 Love is a form and a criterion of unitive knowledge. 2005 Church Times 12 Aug. 13/1 Evelyn Underhill made holiness and unitive prayer seem not an Everest impossibility, but a marvellous personal invitation. b. Of or relating to the third and highest stage of spiritual advancement, following the purgative (purgative adj. 2a) and illuminative (illuminative adj. 2a) stages, in which the individual will is consciously united with that of God. Esp. in unitive life, unitive way. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > [noun] > advancement of unitive way1609 1609 Benet of Canfield Rule of Perfection (new ed.) i. i. 6 A man goeth forward..in the contemplatiue and vnitiue life without changing or interrupting his course of exercise, or breaking the thread of his spirituall practise. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. §26 Concerning the very same thing which the old Divines call the unitive Way. 1691 E. Scarisbrick Life Lady Warner iii. vi. 209 By the purgative and illuminating way, she attains to the Unitive. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ I. 237 The Purgative, Illuminative and Unitive Conditions of the Mind. 1756 W. Calcott Thoughts Moral & Divine 189 The contemplative and unitive Way of Religion, consisting in..affectionate Unions and Adherences to him [sc. God]. 1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 208 The soul..Lay lulled in glory, and in unitive Life with divinity. 1899 W. R. Inge Christian Mysticism i. 10 Strictly, the unitive road (via) leads to the contemplative life (vita). 1943 C. Williams Figure of Beatrice vi. 91 Until this unitive life is achieved the unity of which it is at once a part and an apprehension cannot be known. 1988 J. Bradshaw Healing Shame that Binds You ii. xii. 219 The dark night of the soul is the stage of preparation before entering the ‘unitive way’. 2000 M. Ivens tr. J. Melloni Exercises St. Ignatius in Western Trad. iii. 41 Hugh of Balma identifies the purgative way with beginners, the illuminative way with those making progress, and the unitive life with the perfect. 2. Of a person or thing: that has the effect of uniting; characterized by or involving union or unification.In quot. a1500: that creates uniformity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective] > advocating uniformity unitivea1500 uniformitarian1897 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 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > unity or undividedness > [adjective] > producing unity unitivea1500 unifying1681 unific1788 unitizing1797 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > unity or undividedness > [adjective] > producing unity > of person unitivea1500 a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 21 (MED) The Power Vegetatif restith neuir, with hir doughtirs, Nutrityve, Formatyve, Assimylatyve, and Vnitive, which be continually werking in their forges. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. eviii^v For loue..is vnityue, that is to say, it disposeth and draweth all thynges that it ruleth, to peace and vnyte. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems Notes 136/2 The unitive power of the Intellect. 1651 H. More Second Lash of Alazanomastix in Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1656) 195 Thou art so unitive a soul, Phil,..that thou wouldst not stick to match chalk and cheese together. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. i. Rule 1 §33 That all laws which are commonly called Natural are most reasonable, they are perfective of Nature, unitive of Societies. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 162 The ground of Magical Fascination, is one Vital Unitive Principle in the Universe. 1746 A. Stevenson De Municipum Juramento 58 This Article is unitive and conjunctive, making the Swearer one with the Borough as such. 1762 M. Combrune Theory & Pract. Brewing xiii. 236 Germinated grains..strongly attract the unitive particles they want, and excite an intestine motion, which generates heat. 1845 J. H. Newman Ess. Devel. Christian Doctr. 337 The very nature of a true philosophy relatively to other systems is to be polemical, eclectic, unitive. 1893 C. Patmore Relig. Poetæ 99 Genius consists wholly in the possession of the divine faculty of synthetic or unitive apprehension. 1958 J. Sykes Quakers ii. iii. 207 Theirs had been a unitive vision, and they had declaimed this without whittling it down. 1967 N. Walter Let. in Listener 20 Apr. 523/2 He [sc. Bertrand Russell] was perhaps the most unitive element of all. 2003 Independent 4 July 15/5 The act of human lovemaking has a unitive and procreative aspect. †3. Anatomy. Of cardiac muscle fibres: common to both ventricles. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > heart > [adjective] > fibre unitive1853 1853 tr. A. A. Verneuil in Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 25 175 The term superficial unitive fibres is applied to the first half of these loops, extending from the fibrous zones of the base to the apex of the heart. 1875 T. Hayden Dis. Heart 32 The posterior ‘unitive’ fibres pass from the posterior segments of the auriculo-ventricular zones..to the right edge of the heart. 1887 E. P. Hurd tr. G. O. Dujardin-Beaumetz Mod. Treatm. Dis. Heart 60 There are also certain connective fibres ‘unitive fibres’ common to both ventricles. Derivatives ˈunitiveness n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > [noun] > uniting quality unitiveness1664 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 322 The consideration of the collectiveness and unitiveness of..[these] types. 1882 E. R. Clay Alternative i. xvi. 192 The higher degrees of unitiveness tend to hide, and the lower to leave exposed, the plurality of the object the aspect of which it contributes to determine. 1995 R. Sekoni in C. J. Trotman L. Hughes 67 African cultural discourse is imbued with tropological categories for semiotizing moments of ambivalence and unitiveness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1425
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