reunite

reunite
[[t]ri͟ːjuːna͟ɪt[/t]]
reunites, reuniting, reunited
1) V-ERG If people are reunited, or if they reunite, they meet each other again after they have been separated for some time.

[be V-ed] She and her youngest son were finally allowed to be reunited with their family...

[V n] She spent the post-war years of her marriage trying to reunite father and son. [Also V]

2) V-ERG If a divided organization or country is reunited, or if it reunites, it becomes one united organization or country again.

[be V-ed] Both expressed the hope that Korea could be reunited by the end of the 1990's...

[V n] His first job will be to reunite the army...

The end of family rule may now give Congress a chance to reunite.


English dictionary. 2008.

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