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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Sŷm'pi·e·sŏm'e·ter, n. p. 1342A sensitive kind of barometer, in which the pressure of the atmosphere, acting upon a liquid, as oil, in the lower portion of the instrument, compresses an elastic gas in the upper part. ☞ The column…Sŷm'plo-ce, n. p. 1342(Gram.) The repetition of a word at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth. Justice climbed back to heaven, and left the earth.Sym-pō'si-ac, a. p. 1342Of, or pertaining to, compotations and merry-making; happening where company is drinking together; as, symposiac meetings. [Rare.] “Symposiac disputations amongst my acquaintance.” Arbuthnot.Sym-pō'si-ac, n. p. 1343A conference or conversation, as of philosophers at a banquet.Sym-pō'si-ārch, n. p. 1343(Gr. Antiq.) The master of a feast.Sym-pō'si-āst, n. p. 1343One engaged with others at a banquet or merry-making.Sym-pō'si-on, n. p. 1343A drinking together; a symposium. [R.] “Our symposium last night.” W. Scott.Sym-pŏ' si-ŭm, n. p. 1343A drinking together: a merry feast. Warton.Symp'tom, n. p. 1343Properly, something that happens in concurrence with another thing, as an attendant. 2. (Med.) Hence, any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which…Symp'tom-āt'ic or Symp'tom-āt'ic-al, a. p. 1343Of, or pertaining to, symptoms; happening in concurrence with something; indicating the existence of something else. “Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper.” Macaulay. 2.…Symp'tom-āt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1343In a symptomatical manner; by means of symptoms; in the nature of symptoms.Symp'tom-a-tŏl'o-gy, n. p. 1343(Med.) The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology. ☞ It includes diagnosis, or the determination of the disease from its…Syn-ær'e-sis or Syn-ér'e-sis, n. p. 1343(Gram.) A figure by which two vowels that are ordinarily separated are drawn together into one syllable; synecphonesis;—the opposite of diæresis.Syn'a-gōg'ie-al, a. p. 1343Of, or pertaining to, a synagogue.Syn'a-gōgue, n. p. 1343A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites. 2. The building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews. 3. The court of…Syn'a-lē'phā, n. p. 1343(Gram.) A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, ill' ego, for ille ego. [Written also synalæpha.]Sy̆n'al-lag-măt'ic, a. p. 1343(Law.) Imposing reciprocal obligations upon the parties; as, a synallagmatic contract. Bouvier.Sy̆n'a-lœ'phȧ, n. p. 1343See SYNALEPHA.Syn-ăn'ther-oŭs, a. p. 1343(Bot.) Having the stamens united by their anthers.Syn-ăn'thoŭs, a. p. 1343(Bot.) Having flowers and leaves which appear at the same time;—said of certain plants.Syn'ar-chy, n. p. 1343Joint rule or sovereignty. [Rare.] Stackhouse.Syn'ar-tē'sis, n. p. 1343A fastening or knitting together; close union; the state of being closely joined; intimate union. [Rare.] Coleridge.Syn'ar-thrō'di-al, a. p. 1343Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of, synarthrosis. Dunglison.Sŷn'ar-thrō'sis, n. p. 1343(Anat.) Union of bones without motion; close union, as in sutures, symphysis, and the like. Coxe.Sŷn'as-try, n. p. 1343Concurrence of starry position or influence; hence, similarity of condition, fortune, &c., as prefigured by astrological calculation. [Very rare.] Born in the same day of the month and hour of the…Sŷ-năx'is, n. p. 1343A congregation; also, formerly, the Lord's supper.Syn-cär'pi-ŭm, n. p. 1343(Bot.) A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere into a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia.Syn-cär'poüs, a. p. 1343(Bot.) Composed of several carpels consolidated into one.Syn-căt'ē-gŏr'ē-măt'ic, n. p. 1343(Logic.) A word which can not be used as a term by itself, as an adverb or preposition.Sŷn'ch-on-drō'sis, n. p. 1343(Med.) The connection of bones by means of cartilage or gristle.Sŷn'ch'on-drōt'o-my, n. p. 1343(Surg.) Symphyseotomy.Sŷnch'o-rē'sis, n. p. 1343(Rhet.) A concession made for the purpose of retorting with greater force.Sŷnch'ro-nal, a. p. 1343Happening at the same time; simultaneous.Sŷnch'ro-nal, n. p. 1343That which happens at the same time with something else, or pertains to the same time. More.Syn-chrŏn'ic-al, a. p. 1343Happening at the same time; simultaneous; synchronal. Boyle.Syn-chrōn'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 1343In a synchronical manner. “Either synchronically or successively, according to the order of impression.” Belsham.Sŷnch'ro-nĭsm, n. p. 1343Concurrency of two or more events in time; simultaneousness. 2. The tabular arrangement of historical events and personages, according to their dates. 3. (Paint.) A representation of two or more…Sŷn'chro-nĭs'tic, a. p. 1343Of, or relating to, agreement as to time; arranged according to correspondence in time; as, synchronistic tables.Sŷnch'ro-ni-zā'tion, n. p. 1343The concurrence of events in respect to time.Sŷnch'ro-nīze, v. i. p. 1343To agree in time; to be simultaneous. The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress, synchronized with that of Christianity. De Quincey.Syn'chro-nŏl'o-gy, n. p. 1343Contemporaneous chronology.Sŷnch'ro-noüs, a. p. 1343Happening at the same time; simultaneous.Sŷnch'ro-noüs-ly, adv. p. 1343In a synchronous manner; at the same time.Sŷn'ch'y-sis, n. p. 1343A derangement of any kind, as of words in a sentence, or of humors in the eye.Syn'ci-pūt, n. p. 1343The same as SINCIPIT, q. v.Syn-clī'nal, a. p. 1343Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line. 2. (Geol.) Formed by means of strata dipping toward a common line or plane; as, a synclinal trough or valley; —…Syn-clin'ie-al, a. p. 1343Synclinal. [Rare.]Sýn'co-pal, a. p. 1343Of, pertaining to, or resembling, syncope.Sýn'co-pāte, v. t. p. 1343To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle. 2. (Mus.) To commence, as a tone on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue into the following accented part.Sýn'co-pā'tion, n. p. 1343The contraction of a word by taking a letter, letters, or a syllable, from the middle. 2. (Mus.) The act of syncopating; performance of a passage by syncopating the notes.Sŷn'cō-pe, n. p. 1343(Mus.) The same as SYNCOPATION, q. v. 2. (Gram.) An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters, or a syllable, from the middle of a word; as, ne’er for never, ev’ry for every, &c. 3. (Med.) A…Sŷn'co-pist, n. p. 1343One who syncopates; one who contracts words by syncope.Sŷn'co-pize, v. t. p. 1343To contract by the omission of a letter or syllable; to syncopate.Syn'cre-tism, n. p. 1343The same as SYNCRETISM, q. v.Syn-crĕt'ic, a. p. 1343Uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy or religion. Smart.Sŷn'cre-tĭsm, n. p. 1343Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other. [Written also syncratism.] He is plotting a carnal syncretism, and attempting the reconcilement of Christ and…Sŷn'cre-tist, n. p. 1343(Eccl. Hist.) An adherent of George Calixtus and other Germans of the seventeenth century, who sought to mitigate the asperities of the Protestant sects toward each other and toward the Roman…Sŷn'cre-tist'ic, a. p. 1343Pertaining to, or characterized by, syncretism; as, a syncretistic mixture of the service of Jehovah and the worship of idols. 2. Of, or pertaining to, the Syncretists.Sȳn'crĕ-sĭs, n. p. 1343(Rhet.) A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared. Crabb.Syn-dæ'tyl, n. p. 1343(Ornith.) Any perching bird which has the external and middle toes united as far as the second joint. Brande.