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u·ni·fy  (yn-f)
tr. & intr.v. u·ni·fied, u·ni·fy·ing, u·ni·fies
To make into or become a unit; consolidate.
[French unifier, from Old French, from Late Latin nificre : Latin ni-, uni- + Latin -ficre, -fy.]
uni·fia·ble adj.
uni·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.
uni·fier n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unifyingunifying - combining into a single unit        
consolidative
integrative - combining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole
2.unifying - tending to unify
centripetal
centralising, centralizing - tending to draw to a central point
Translations
unifying [ˈjuːnɪfaɪɪŋ] ADJ [factor etc] → unificador
unifying
adj factor, force, purpose → verbindend; the struggle had a unifying effect on all blacks → der Kampf hatte eine einigende Wirkung auf alle Schwarzen


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At first sight such a work seems to be a miscellany of myths, technical advice, moral precepts, and folklore maxims without any unifying principle; and critics have readily taken the view that the whole is a canto of fragments or short poems worked up by a redactor.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
It is probable that the whole science of mental occurrences, especially where its initial definitions are concerned, could be simplified by the development of the fundamental unifying science in which the causal laws of particulars are sought, rather than the causal laws of those systems of particulars that constitute the material units of physics.
The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand View in context
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