co-uˈnite, v.
[f. co- 1 + unite v.]
1. trans. To unite together, conjoin.
| 1590 Greene Orl. Fur. (1599) 23 This Gordion knot together counites A Medor partener in her peerelesse loue. 1594 Marlowe & Nashe Dido iii. ii, Whom kindred and acquaintance co-unites. 1656 Trapp Comm. Rom. i. 9 With all the faculties of my soul concentred and co-united. 1724 Waterland Athan. Creed viii. 120 Making the Persons distinct, but co-uniting them in glory, eternity, and majesty. |
2. intr. To enter into union.
| 1650 Descr. Future Hist. Europe 25 They quickly conjoyned and counited with them in marriage and affinity. |
So † co-uˈnite pa. pple. = co-united; co-uˈniter, co-ˈunity.
| 1548 Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. John 80 b, That those also..might bee counite together. 1647 H. More Poems 237 Sith all forms in our soul be counite. a 1687 ― Antid. Ath. Scholia on App. 233 All things are so tender and loose that they seem to stand in need of some immaterial director and co-unitor. a 1711 Ken Christophil Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 435 Thou by Co-unity Divine, While One, wert Trine. |