unify
verb- unify something
to join people, things, parts of a country, etc. together so that they form a single unit 统一;使成一体;使一元化 The new leader hopes to unify the country. 新领袖希望把国家统一起来。 the task of unifying Europe 统一欧洲的大业 a unified transport system 统一的运输体系
Extra Examplesattempts to unify different groups into one political party 试图将不同的团体合并成一个政党 relatively unified societies 相对统一的社会 a step towards a complete, fully unified theory 迈向完全统一理论的一步
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French unifier or late Latin unificare ‘make into a whole’.