Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unify"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unify \U"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Unified}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Unifying}.] [Uni- + -fy: cf. F. unifier.]
To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as
one.
A comprehensive or unifying act of the judging faculty.
--De Quincey.
Perception is thus a unifying act. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
unify
v 1: become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "Will the
two Koreas unify?" [syn: {unite}, {merge}] [ant: {disunify}]
2: to bring or combine together or with something else:
"resourcefully he mingled music and dance" [syn: {mix}, {mingle},
{commix}, {amalgamate}]
3: act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief [syn:
{unite}] [ant: {divide}]
4: join or combine; "We merged our resources" [syn: {unite}, {merge}]
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