uniting

u·nite  (y-nt)

v. u·nit·ed, u·nit·ing, u·nites

v.tr.

1. To bring together so as to form a whole.

2. To combine (people) in interest, attitude, or action: "the love that unites humanity" (Germaine Greer).

3. To join (a couple) in marriage.

4. To cause to adhere.

5. To have or demonstrate in combination: She unites common sense with vision.

v.intr.

1. To become or seem to become joined, formed, or combined into a unit.

2. To join and act together in a common purpose or endeavor. See Synonyms at join.

3. To be or become bound together by adhesion.

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[Middle English uniten, from Latin nre, nt-, from nus, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	uniting - the combination of two or more commercial companies amalgamation, merger consolidation, integration - the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously"; "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them"
	2.	uniting - 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" jointure, unification, conjugation, union compounding, combining, combination - the act of combining things to form a new whole coalescence, coalescency, conglutination, coalition, concretion - the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts reunification, reunion - the act of coming together again; "monetary unification precipitated the reunification of the German state in October 1990" tribalisation, tribalization - the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis umbrella - having the function of uniting a group of similar things; "the Democratic Party is an umbrella for many liberal groups"; "under the umbrella of capitalism"