[f. UNITE v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb; union; an instance or occasion of this.
1548. Elyot, Vnitas, vnitee, vnityng or joygnyng of two thynges or mo together.
1559. Fabyan’s Chron., 567/2. The vnitinge of the twoo houses of Yorke and Lancaster.
1581. T. Rogers, St. Aug. Praiers, xvi. (1597), 66. That vnspeakable … vniting togither of thy Godhead and manhood in one person.
1615. Crooke, Body of Man, 379. These vnitings are not alwayes after one manner.
1651. Hobbes, Leviath., II. xxii. 122. All uniting of strength by private men.
1712. J. James, trans. Le Blond’s Gardening, 172. Cavities or Stones … hinders their uniting with the Ground.
1778. in Picton, L’pool Munic. Rec. (1886), II. 211. A Bill … for the uniting the kingdom of Ireland with this kingdom.
1841. Lane, Arab. Nts., I. 125. The uniting of two persons in marriage.
attrib. 1713. Berkeley, in Guardian, 5 Aug. That benevolent uniting instinct implanted in human nature.
1714. in Jrnl. Friends Hist. Soc. (1918), 29. Truth … broke through for our … comfort, soe ’twas an Uniting time.
b. The place where two or more things unite or join. rare–1
1728. R. Morris, Ess. Anc. Archit., 8. The Joint is … apt to discover the Grains of each Wood at the uniting.
