[W/K] :: 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.
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     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.
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              Under his great vicegerent reign abide,
              United as one individual soul.        --Milton.
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              The king proposed nothing more than to unite his
              kingdom in one form of worship.       --Clarendon.
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     Syn: To add; join; annex; attach. See Add.
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  uniting
       n 1: 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]

  93 Moby Thesaurus words for "uniting":
     accession, accompanying, accordant, addition, adjunct, adjunction,
     affixation, agglutination, agreeing, annexation, approaching,
     associate, associated, associative, asymptotic, at one with,
     attachment, augmentation, blending, centripetal, centrolineal,
     coacting, coactive, coadunate, coalescent, coalescing, coincident,
     collaborative, collective, collusive, combinative, combinatory,
     combined, combining, concerted, concomitant, concordant,
     concurrent, concurring, confluent, confocal, conjoint,
     conjunctival, conjunctive, connecting, connectional, connective,
     connivent, consilient, conspiratorial, converging, cooperant,
     cooperative, coordinate, corporational, coworking, federal,
     federative, focal, fusing, harmonious, incorporating,
     incorporative, increase, joining, joint, junction, juxtaposition,
     meeting, merging, mutually approaching, parasitic, prefixation,
     radial, radiating, reinforcement, saprophytic, suffixation,
     superaddition, superfetation, superjunction, superposition,
     supplementation, symbiotic, synchronous, synergetic, synergic,
     synergistic, tangent, tangential, unific, unifying, united