to join (people or things) together to form a single unit
to form, or cause (people) to form, an alliance or association
The minister united them in marriage
to cause (things) to adhere or fuse
to become a single unit
to act together for a common purpose
to adhere or fuse
united adj
unitive /-tiv/ adj
[Middle English uniten from late Latin unitus, past part. of unire, from Latin unus one]