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In or into union; into junction; as, to sew, knit, or fasten two things together; to mix things together. The king joined humanity and policy together. Bacon.

A union of three; three objects treated as one; a ternary; a trinity; as, a triad of deities.

The union of three persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, so that all the three are one God as to substance, but three persons as to individuality.

n of three vowel sounds in a single syllable, forming a simple or compound sound; also, a union of three vowel characters, representing together a single sound; a trigraph; as, eye, -ieu in adieu, -eau in beau, are examples of triphthongs.

contains the names of the wranglers and senior optimes, and the second the names of the junior optimes. The word tripos is supposed to refer to the three-legged stool formerly used at the examinations for these honors, though some derive it from the three brackets formerly printed on the back of the paper. C. A. Brist…

A coalition or association of three in office or authority; especially, the union of three men who obtained the government of the Roman empire.

; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide. The mind umpirage of the federal Union. E. Everett.

To separate, as substances in combination; to release from combination or union. [R.] Daniel.

Harmony; agreement; concord; union.

Capable of union by growth or otherwise. Owen.

ngdom, Great Britain and Ireland; -- so named since January 1, 1801, when the Legislative Union went into operation. -- United Greeks (Eccl.), those members of the Greek Church who acknowledge the supremacy of the pope; -- called also uniats.

Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union. Jer. Taylor.

To become unfastened; to lose all connection or union.

ed; final; as, an utter refusal or denial. Clarendon. Utter bar (Law), the whole body of junior barristers. See Outer bar, under 1st Outer. [Eng.] -- Utter barrister (Law), one recently admitted as barrister, who is accustomed to plead without, or outside, the bar, as distinguished from the benchers, who are sometimes…

A union, association, or society; -- used in names of German organizations.

The communion, or eucharist, when given to persons in danger of death.

A bond of union; a tie.

ii. 2. -- To walk with God (Script.), to live in obedience to his commands, and have communion with him.

e act of one who, or that which, weaves; the act or art of forming cloth in a loom by the union or intertexture of threads.

To press or beat into intimate and permanent union, as two pieces of iron when heated almost to fusion.