unify

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: u=ni=fy

CIDE DICTIONARY

unify, v. t. [Uni- + -fy: cf. F. unifier.].

 To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one.  [1913 Webster]
"A comprehensive or unifying act of the judging faculty."  [1913 Webster]
"Perception is thus a unifying act."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

unify, v.tr. (also absol.) (-ies, -ied) reduce to unity or uniformity.

Idiom

unified field theory Physics a theory that seeks to explain all the field phenomena (e.g. gravitation and electromagnetism: see FIELD n. 9) formerly treated by separate theories.

Derivative

unifier n.

Etymology

F unifier or LL unificare (as UNI-, -FY)

THESAURUS

unify

accouple, accumulate, add, agglutinate, amalgamate, amass, arrange, articulate, assemble, assimilate, associate, band, bind, blend, bond, bracket, bridge, bridge over, bring together, cement, chain, clap together, coalesce, collect, combine, come together, compact, compound, comprise, concatenate, concentrate, confederate, conglobulate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, consolidate, copulate, couple, cover, embody, embrace, encompass, flux, fuse, gather, glue, identify, include, incorporate, integrate, interblend, interfuse, join, knot, lay together, league, link, lump together, make one, marry, marshal, mass, meld, melt into one, merge, mix, mobilize, orchestrate, order, organize, pair, piece together, put together, reduce to unity, reembody, roll into one, shade into, solder, solidify, span, splice, stick together, symphonize, syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, systematize, take in, tape, tie, unite, weld, yoke