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Webster 1913 Edition
Unitive
U′ni-tive
,Adj.
[LL.
unitivus
: cf. F. unitif
.] Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union.
Jer. Taylor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Unitive
U'NITIVE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
unitive
unitive
English
Adjective
unitive (comparative more unitive, superlative most unitive)
- Of, causing, or involving unity or union.
- 1986, Jeffrey Burton Russell, Lucifer, the Devil in the Middle Ages, page 290:
- The mystics' fundamental vision was unitive: all things, including sinful creatures, are united with God.
- 2003, Albert Joseph Mary Shamon, Firepower Through Confirmation, page 13:
- Starting with this principle, established by God, namely that sex must always be the expression of a love that is unitive (till death) and procreative (opened to life), we can arrive at a simple Sexual Ethics primer.
- 2009, David Gershon, Social change 2.0: a blueprint for reinventing our world:
- It was unitive in that it directly asked each person to go beyond that which separates him or her from other people.
- 1986, Jeffrey Burton Russell, Lucifer, the Devil in the Middle Ages, page 290:
Translations
causing or involving unity
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References
- unitive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913