reunite

reunite
reunite (v.) 1590s, from adj. reunit "reunited" (mid-15c.), from M.L. reunitus, pp. of reunire "unite again," from L. re- "again" (see RE- (Cf. re-)) + unire "join together" (see UNITE (Cf. unite)). Related: Reunited; reuniting.

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