Antonyms for unify


Grammar : Verb
Spell : yoo-nuh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : ˈyu nəˌfaɪ


Definition of unify

Origin :
  • c.1500, "to make into one," from Middle French unifier (14c.), from Late Latin unificare "make one," from Latin uni- "one" (see uni-) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Unified; unifying. Unified (field) theory in physics is recorded from 1935.
  • verb unite
Example sentences :
  • Sociology seeks out the laws and principles that unify all the rest.
  • Extract from : « Society » by Henry Kalloch Rowe
  • And he must unify the approach to both intellect and emotions.
  • Extract from : « Expository Writing » by Mervin James Curl
  • So I fell back upon the empire in my first attempts to unify my life.
  • Extract from : « The Passionate Friends » by Herbert George Wells
  • And the long wooden veranda that he had invoked did not unify the trinity.
  • Extract from : « And Even Now » by Max Beerbohm
  • The resources were still there, but there was none to organise and unify them.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Evolution » by Joseph McCabe
  • A free discussion of these features will tend to unify methods.
  • Extract from : « Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design » by Edward Godfrey
  • The purpose of codes is to unify the wave motion and keep the mind intense.
  • Extract from : « Supreme Personality » by Delmer Eugene Croft
  • We Americans have yet to really learn our own antecedents, and sort them, to unify them.
  • Extract from : « Complete Prose Works » by Walt Whitman
  • Something to support the finite many, to tie it to, to unify and anchor it.
  • Extract from : « Pragmatism » by William James
  • Equilibrium of intelligence tends to unify and harmonize American interests and to strengthen patriotism.
  • Extract from : « A Broader Mission for Liberal Education » by John Henry Worst

Synonyms for unify

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