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unifier

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u⋅ni⋅fy

  [yoo-nuh-fahy]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
to make or become a single unit; unite: to unify conflicting theories; to unify a country.
Origin:
1495–1505; < LL ūnificāre, equiv. to L ūni- uni- + -ficāre -fy

Related forms:
u⋅ni⋅fi⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
combine, merge, fuse, coalesce.
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u·ni·fy   (yōō'nə-fī')   
tr. & intr.v.   u·ni·fied, u·ni·fy·ing, u·ni·fies
To make into or become a unit; consolidate.

[French unifier, from Old French, from Late Latin ūnificāre : Latin ūni-, uni- + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]
u'ni·fi'a·ble adj., u'ni·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n., u'ni·fi'er n.
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Word Origin & History

unify 
1502, "to make into one," from M.Fr. unifier (14c.), from L.L. unificare "make one," from L. uni- "one" (see uni-) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Unification is attested from 1851; the Unification Church was founded 1954 in Korea by Sun Myung Moon. Unified is attested from 1862. Unified (field) theory in physics is recorded from 1935.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

unifier
The unifier of a set of expressions is a set of substitutions of terms for variables such that the expressions are all equal.
See also most general unifier, unification.
(1994-12-06)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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