reunify

verb

re·​uni·​fy (ˌ)rē-ˈyü-nə-ˌfī How to pronounce reunify (audio)
reunified; reunifying

transitive + intransitive

: to unify again : to bring (people or things) or to be brought into a unit or a coherent whole after a period of separation
reunifying families that were separated in the war
reunified the children with their families
Of the four countries divided by World War II and the Cold War, Vietnam was the first to reunify.Foreign Affairs
reunification noun
the reunification of Germany

Examples of reunify in a Sentence

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Predicate orders are based on the abandonment, abuse or neglect of that child by one or both parents, and the inability to reunify with one or both parents, based on those findings. Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 18 June 2025 District leaders in 2022 reunified Montbello High School, which was closed and split into three schools more than a decade earlier. Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 27 May 2025 Lee, in particular, must be ready to sacrifice the unrealistic rhetoric about fully denuclearizing North Korea and reunifying the two countries that has long dominated South Korean politics, as well as the fantasy that imposing sanctions will change North Korean behavior. John Delury, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2025 Chung's humanitarian cause has been to reunify North and South Korea through music. Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for reunify

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of reunify was in 1879

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“Reunify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reunify. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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