v. (-ting) 1 join together; combine, esp. For a common purpose or action (united in their struggle).

- join in marriage.

- (cause to) form a physical or chemical whole (oil will not unite with water). [latin unio -it- from unus one]

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a oneness; being one; interconnected parts constituting a whole (national unity). B such a complex whole (person regarded as a unity).

- a being united; solidarity. B harmony (lived together in unity).

- the number ‘one’. [latin unus one]

adj. Not lit.

v. (-nn-) make weak, cowardly, etc.; cause to weep etc.

adj. (of a demand, goal, etc.) Not achieved or fulfilled.

v. (-nn-) unfasten or detach by removing or opening a pin or pins.

v. (past and past part. Unsaid) retract (a statement).

v. Deprive (a person, esp. A woman) of the qualities of her or his sex.

v. (untying) 1 undo (a knot, package, etc.).

- release from bonds or attachment.

prep. & conj. = *till1. [earlier untill: un from old norse und as far as]