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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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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.Syn'dæ-tyl'ic or Syn-dæ'tyl-ous, a. p. 1343(Ornith.) Having the characteristics of the syndactyls.Syn'des-mōg'ra-phy, n. p. 1343(Anat.) A description of the ligaments that connect the bones of the skeleton.Syn'des-mŏl'o-gy, n. p. 1343(Anat.) A treatise upon the ligaments that connect the parts of the skeleton.Syn̆′/des-mō′sis, n. p. 1343(Anat.) The union of one bone with another by ligaments. Brande.Syn′/des-mōt′o-my, n. p. 1343(Anat.) The act or art of dissecting the ligaments.Syn'dic, n. p. 1343An officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; also, one chosen to transact business for others. ☞ In France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a bankrupt to…Syn'di-cate, n. p. 1343A council, or body of syndics. [Rare.] Burnet.Syn'di-cāte, v. t. p. 1343To judge, or to censure.Sýn'dro-me, n. p. 1343Concurrence. [Rare.] Glanville. 2. (Med.) The concourse or combination of symptoms in a disease.Syn-ĕc'do-che, n. p. 1343(Rhet.) A figure or trope by which the whole of a thing is put for a part, or a part for the whole, the genus for the species, or the species for the genus, and the like.Sŷn'ec-dŏch'ie-al, a. p. 1344Expressed by synecdoches; implying a synecdoche. This is used for Themasis by a synecdochical kind of speech, or a poetical liberty, in using one for another. Drayton.Sŷn'ee-dŏch'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 1344In a synecdochical manner; according to the synecdochical mode of speaking.Syn-ē'chi-ă, n. p. 1344(Med.) A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens.Syn-ec'pho-nē'sis, n. p. 1344(Gram.) A contraction of two syllables into one; syneresis; synizesis.Sŷn'e-py, n. p. 1344(Rhet.) The interjunction of words in uttering the clauses of sentences.Sŷn'er-gēt'ic, a. p. 1344Working together; co-operating.Sŷn′er-gism, n. p. 1344(Theol.) The doctrine or theory attributed to Melanchthon, that in the regeneration of a human soul, there is a co-operation or joint agency on the part of both God and man.