Reunite

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːjuːˈnaɪt/

Definitions

1. To bring people who were separated back together in one place or group
2. To cause individuals who were apart to come together once more
3. To restore a group of people or things to a shared location or state after being apart

Etymology: "Reunite" is about as transparent as English compounds get: the prefix "re-", meaning "again," attached to "unite," which came into English in the late 1300s by way of Latin "ūnītus," the past participle of "ūnīre," "to join into one." The root traces back through Latin "ūnus," "one," to an ancient Indo-European word for the number one, so the whole word is essentially "to make one again." The prefix carries the sense of repetition. "Re-" entered English through Old French, which had itself taken it from Latin, and it attaches freely to verbs, so English speakers could pair it with almost any verb that describes a fresh action. Its first English uses appear in the same centuries as "unite" itself, and it has been productive ever since.

Synonyms: reconcile, reassemble, rejoin

Antonyms: separate, divide