reunify

/riˌjunəˈfaɪ/

Other forms: reunified; reunifying; reunifies

To reunify is to bring a divided group back together in agreement or peace. Peace talks between feuding former allies are meant to reunify them.

The verb reunify is generally used in a political context, to describe what happens when two countries at war sign a truce, or when a divided territory is brought back together. Various events of the 1980s helped East and West Germany reunify, for example. The roots of this word are the "again" prefix re- and the Late Latin unificare, "make one."

Definitions of reunify

1. verb

   unify again, as of a country
   “Will Korea reunify?”

   synonyms: reunite

   type of:

   unify, unite

   act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief