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Uniting

Unite \U*nite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. United; p. pr. & vb. n. Uniting.] [L. unitus, p. p. of unire to unite, from unus one. See One.]

  1. To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to unite bricks by mortar; to unite iron bars by welding; to unite two armies.

  2. Hence, to join by a legal or moral bond, as families by marriage, nations by treaty, men by opinions; to join in interest, affection, fellowship, or the like; to cause to agree; to harmonize; to associate; to attach.

    Under his great vicegerent reign abide, United as one individual soul.
    --Milton.

    The king proposed nothing more than to unite his kingdom in one form of worship.
    --Clarendon.

    Syn: To add; join; annex; attach. See Add.

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uniting

vb. (present participle of unite English)

WordNet
uniting
  1. n. the combination of two or more commercial companies [syn: amalgamation, merger]

  2. the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays" [syn: union, unification, conjugation, jointure] [ant: disunion]

Wikipedia
Uniting (newspaper)

Uniting was a weekly English language broadsheet newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was first published in 1892 as ''The Methodist, ''and subsequently for about a year as The Methodist and Congregationalist, before continuing as Forward.

Usage examples of "uniting".

The key to Pan-Arabism was the notion of uniting all of the Arab states into one great Arab nation, powerful enough to stand up to the Western powers as an equal.

The strongest bond of human sympathy, outside of the family relation, should be one uniting all working people, of all nations, and tongues, and kindreds.

Each state, amply competent to administer and control its own domestic government, yet too feeble successfully to resist powerful nations, seeks safety by uniting with other states in like condition, and by delegating to some common agent the use of the combined strength of all, in order to secure advantageous commercial relations in peace, and to carry on hostilities with effect in war.

I say so: we became national by the Constitution, the bond for uniting the States, and national and constitutional are convertible terms.

Raymond in the House, would bring about so considerable a division in the Republican ranks as to give the Administration, by uniting with the Democratic party, the control of Congress, or at least of one branch.

For the purpose of uniting the thirteen states into one great market for commerce, the northern delegates wanted laws regulating interstate commerce, and urged that such laws require only a majority of Congress to pass.

We feel sure you will consult us on the long-term steps, pursuing always the aim of uniting all Frenchmen who will fight Hitler.

It seemed to me wise to put off the Washington visit in the hope of uniting French Resistance.

Council in this Hall, the great men of the Nation, men whose equals are not, and I fear will not be for many years, uniting their judgments, settled the controversy in 1850.

I do not see in the Russian State any effective opposition capable of succeeding the Communist system and uniting with us and being of service to us.

The Soviet Government sees the great difficulties standing in the way of the realisation of this task, but it is ready to do everything possible to find a compromise between the two sides, with the purpose of uniting all the forces of the Yugoslavian people in the interests of the common struggle of the Allies.

He obtained a French princess for his brother and another for his nephew Lorenzo, and remained happy enough with the French until power shifted with the accession of Charles V as Emperor in 1519, uniting the Spanish and Hapsburg thrones.

Prussian energies, however, succeeded in 1871 in uniting the German states in an empire under Prussian hegemony.

In this period, the American Continent has been spanned by three main routes of iron-road, uniting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: and one of these main routes passes exclusively through British territory--the Dominion of Canada.

But union and assumption seem to follow the action and passion of the thing uniting and the united, of the thing assuming and the assumed.