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Union of things in one mass or body. [R.] Dr. H. More.

A growing together; the collection or mass formed by concretion, or natural union. [Obs.] The concrement of a pebble or flint. Sir M. Hale

Growing together, or into union; uniting. [R.] Eclec. Rev.

A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body. To divide all concretes, minerals and others, into the same number of distinct substances. Boyle.

The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination. We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade us. Locke.

n product (Chem.), a substance obtained by the polymerization of one substance, or by the union of two or more, with or without separation of some unimportant side products. -- Surface condensation, the system of condensing steam by contact with cold metallic surfaces, in distinction from condensation by the injection…

sult; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward. He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both. Macaulay. The reasons you allege do more conduce To the hot passion of distemper'd blood. Shak.

e designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).

ess and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union. Glanvill.

leness. Sir J. Reynolds. If congeniality of tastes could have made a marriage happy, that union should have been thrice blessed. Motley.

A gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacious substance; junction; union. Conglutination of parts separated by a wound. Arbuthnot.

Federal Congress, the assembly of representatives of the original States of the American Union, who met under the Articles of Confederation from 1781 till 1789. -- Congress boot or gaiter, a high shoe or half-boot, coming above the ankle, and having the sides made in part of some elastic material which stretches to a…

To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals.

the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage. [Obs.] Mixtures and conjugations of atoms. Bentley.

The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league. He will unite the white rose and the red: Smille heaven upon his fair conjunction. Shak. Man can effect no great matter by his personal strength but as he acts in society and conjunction with others. South.…

In conjunction or union; together. Sir T. Browne.

In union; conjointly; unitedly; together. Sir W. Hamilton.

The act of joining, or state of being joined; union; connection; combination. The conjuncture of philosophy and divinity. Hobbes. A fit conjuncture or circumstances. Addison.

Connection by birth; natural union. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Participation of the same nature; natural union or connection. [R.] A congruity and connaturality between them. Sir M. Hale.