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unify

[yoo-nuh-fahy] Example Sentences Origin

u·ni·fy

[yoo-nuh-fahy]
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; < Late Latin ūnificāre, equivalent to Latin ūni- uni- + -ficāre -fy

u·ni·fi·er, noun
non·u·ni·fied, adjective
qua·si-u·ni·fied, adjective
re·u·ni·fy, verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
un·u·ni·fied, adjective


combine, merge, fuse, coalesce.

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Example Sentences
  • Like a feuding family, siblings unify when outsiders pose a threat.
  • One can only hope that being on the brink of disaster can unify humanity to a common cause.
  • Perhaps more than anything else, it has helped unify the traumatised post-apartheid country.
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unify (ˈjuːnɪˌfaɪ)
 
vb , -fies, -fying, -fied
to make or become one; unite
 
[C16: from Medieval Latin ūnificāre, from Latin ūnus one + facere to make]
 
'unifiable
 
adj
 
'unifier
 
n

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Word Origin & History

unify
c.1500, "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
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by Sun Myung Moon. Unified is attested from 1862. Unified (field) theory in physics is recorded from 1935.
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Computing Dictionary

Unify definition

database, product
A relational database produced by Unify Corporation.
(1995-03-15)

unify definition

algorithm
To perform unification.
(1995-03-15)

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