[unite] vb unit.ed ; unit.ing [ME, fr. L unire, fr. unus one--more at one] vt (15c) 1 a: to put together to form a single unit b: to cause to adhere c: to link by a legal or moral bond
2: to possess (as qualities) in combination ~ vi 1 a: to become one or as if one b: to become combined by or as if by adhesion or mixture
2: to act in concert syn see join -- unit.er n
[2]unite n [obs. unite united, fr. ME unit, fr. LL unitus, pp.] (1604): an old British gold 20-shilling piece issued first by James I in 1604 for the newly united England and Scotland--called also Jacobus