Uniting
[jʊ'naɪt]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unite
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Examples
- If magenta is replaced by other artificial dyes,--for example, scarlets,--the result is similar; in general, wool material absorbs dye readily, and uniting with it is permanently dyed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Washing soda combines with calcium and magnesium and prevents them from uniting with soap. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- His right was protected by the James River, his left by the Appomattox, and his rear by their junction--the two streams uniting near by. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Uniting, and leaguing, and engaging to stand by one another. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- For, then he saw that through his desperate attempt to separate those two for ever, he had been made the means of uniting them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I may feel--nay, know--that in uniting herself to Mr Rokesmith she has united herself to one who is, in spite of shallow sophistry, a Mendicant. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This is because cotton fibers possess no chemical substance capable of uniting with the coloring matter to form a compound insoluble in water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- With the semi-lens, however, there is less difficulty in uniting the two pictures into one than when an ordinary lens is employed. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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