1 tr. & intr. join together; make or become one; combine.
2 tr. & intr. join together for a common purpose or action (united in their struggle against injustice).
3 tr. & intr. join in marriage.
4 tr. possess (qualities, features, etc.) in combination (united anger with mercy).
5 intr. & tr. form or cause to form a physical or chemical whole (oil will not unite with water).
Phrases and idioms:
United Brethren Eccl. the Moravians. United Kingdom Great Britain and Northern Ireland (until 1922, Great Britain and Ireland). United Nations (orig., in 1942) those united against the Axis powers in the war of 1939-45, (later) a supranational peace-seeking organization of these and many other States. United Provinces hist.
1 the seven provinces united in 1579 and forming the basis of the republic of the Netherlands.
2 an Indian administrative division formed by the union of Agra and Oudh and called Uttar Pradesh since 1950. United Reformed Church a Church formed in 1972 from the English Presbyterian and Congregational Churches. United States (in full United States of America) a federal republic of 50 States, mostly in N. America and including Alaska and Hawaii.
Derivatives:
unitedly adv. unitive adj. unitively adv.
Etymology: ME f. L unire unit- f. unus one
Useful english dictionary. 2012.