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Acting in concurrence; united in action. With what's unreal thou coactive art. Shak.

United at the base, as contiguous lobes of a leaf.

s similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion.

A bureau of the United States government charged with the topographic and hydrographic survey of the coast and the execution of belts of primary triangulation and lines of precise leveling in the interior. It now belongs to the Department of Commerce and Labor.

To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass. Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the body are united or cohere together. Locke.

That from of attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; -- distinguished from adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces. Solids and fluids differ in the degree of cohesion, which, being increased, turns a fluid into a solid. Arbuthnot.…

In the terminology of the United States Weather Bureau, an unusual fall in temperature, to or below the freezing point, exceeding 16º in twenty-four hours or 20º in thirty-six hours, independent of the diurnal range.

The act ofworking together; united labor.

In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.

U. S. Hist) to the colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the United States.

t; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey). In the United States each regiment of infantry and artillery has two colors, one national and one regimental. Farrow.

tor, in 1835. With various modifications, it has for many years been the standard for the United States army.

America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer. Dr. T. Dwight.

Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America.

or"; -- called also Discovery Day. This day is made a legal holiday in many States of The United States.

tribe of the Shoshone family of Indians, inhabiting Mexico and the adjacent parts of the United States; -- called also Paducahs. They are noted for plundering and cruelty.

United; joined; betrothed. [R.]

United closely; confederated; chemically united.

To get to be, as the result of change or progress; -- with a predicate; as, to come united. How come you thus estranged Shak. How come her eyes so bright Shak.

military title of the officer who has supreme command of the land or naval forces or the united forces of a nation or state; a generalissimo. The President is commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States.