Brought together as one (7)
I believe the answer is:
unified
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">brought together as one</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for unified that I've seen before include "Brought together as one" , "Joined together" , "Made one" .)