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▪ I. uniting, vbl. n.|juːˈnaɪtɪŋ|
[f. unite v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb; union; an instance or occasion of this.
1548Elyot, Vnitas, vnitee, vnityng or ioygnyng of two thynges or mo together. 1559Fabyan's Chron. 567/2 The vnitinge of the twoo houses of Yorke and Lancaster. 1581T. Rogers St. Aug. Praiers xvi. (1597) 66 That vnspeakable..vniting togither of thy Godhead and manhood in one person. 1615Crooke Body of Man 379 These vnitings are not alwayes after one manner. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxii. 122 All uniting of strength by private men. 1712J. James tr. Le Blond's Gardening 172 Cavities or Stones..hinders their uniting with the Ground. 1778in Picton L'pool Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 211 A Bill..for the uniting the kingdom of Ireland with this kingdom. 1841Lane Arab. Nts. I. 125 The uniting of two persons in marriage.
attrib.1713Berkeley in Guardian 5 Aug., That benevolent uniting instinct implanted in human nature. 1714in Jrnl. Friends Hist. Soc. (1918) 29 Truth..broke through for our..comfort, soe 'twas an Uniting time.
b. The place where two or more things unite or join. rare—1.
1728R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 81 The Joint is..apt to discover the Grains of each Wood at the uniting.
▪ II. uˈniting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec.]
That unites or joins.
a1635Sibbes Confer. Christ & Mary (1656) 92 That Spirit of God..is a uniting spirit. a1653Binning Serm. Wks. (1735) 11/2 Christ is the uniting Principle. 1713Blackmore Creation vi. 420 The sportive flood..with uniting tides..wanton clasps the intercepted soil. 1817Shelley Rev. Islam ii. xlvi, Then..shall all the kinds Of evil, catch from our uniting minds The spark which must consume them. 1826Henry Elem. Chem. I. 192 When the uniting wire was perpendicularly opposite to the north pole of the suspended needle. 1895Athenæum 6 July 8/3 A book of impressions without any uniting idea.
Hence uˈnitingly adv.
1728R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. p. iv, Inroads daily made..unitingly conspire, to destroy..its Beauties. |
