Unifying

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unify \U"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Unified}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Unifying}.] [Uni- + -fy: cf. F. unifier.]
     To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as
     one.
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           A comprehensive or unifying act of the judging faculty.
                                                    --De Quincey.
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           Perception is thus a unifying act.       --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unifying
       adj 1: combining into a single unit [syn: {consolidative}]
       2: tending to unify [syn: {centripetal}, {unifying(a)}]