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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Syn-tăc'tic or Syn-tăc'tic-al, a.p. 1344Of, or pertaining to, syntax; according to the rules of syntax, or construction.
  2. Syn-tăc'tic-al-ly, adv.p. 1344In a syntactical manner; in conformity to syntax.
  3. Syn'tax or Syn-tăx'is, n.p. 1344Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things joined together. [Obs.] They owe no other dependence to the first than what is common to the whole syntax of being. Glanville. 2.…
  4. Syn-thet'ic-al, a.p. 1344Of, or pertaining to, syntaxis; consumptive; syntetic.
  5. Sŷnʹte-rēʹsis, n.p. 1344(Med.) Preservative or preventive treatment. 2. (Metaph.) Conscience viewed as the internal repository of the laws of right. Whewell.
  6. Sŷn′te-rĕt′ic, a.p. 1344Preserving health.
  7. Syn-tĕt'ic, a.p. 1344Of, or pertaining to, syntaxis; wasting with consumption; syntactical.
  8. Syn-tĕx'is, n.p. 1344(Med.) Wasting of the body, as from consumption; colliquation; consumption.
  9. Syn-thĕr'mal, a.p. 1344Having the same degree of heat.
  10. Sŷn'the-sis, n.p. 1344Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compound medicines. 2. (Chem.) The uniting of elements to form a compound;—the opposite of analysis; as, that water is composed of…
  11. Sŷn'/the-sist, n.p. 1344One who employs synthesis, or who follows synthetic methods.
  12. Syn-thĕt'ic or Syn-thĕt'ic-al, a.p. 1344Pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to the analytical. Philosophers hasten too much from the analytic to the synthetic…
  13. Syn-thĕt'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 1345In a synthetical manner; by synthesis. The plan proceeds synthetically from the parts to the whole. Walker.
  14. Sŷn’the-tīze, v. t.p. 1345To unite in regular structure. [Obs.]
  15. Sŷn’to-my, n.p. 1345Brevity; conciseness. [Rare.]
  16. Syn-tōn'ic, a.p. 1345(Mus.) Sharp; intense. [Rare.]
  17. Sŷ'pher-ing, n.p. 1345(Naut.) Lapping the edges of planks over each other for a bulk-head. Dana.
  18. Sŷph'i·lis, n.p. 1345(Med.) An infectious venereal disease, of which the primary symptoms are a chancre or virulent ulcer, and a bubo or engorged lymphatic gland, and the secondary or constitutional symptoms are ulcers…
  19. Sŷph'i-lit'ic, a.p. 1345Of, or pertaining to, syphilis; of the nature of syphilis; infected with syphilis.
  20. Sŷph'i-lit'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 1345In a syphilitic manner; with venereal disease.
  21. Sŷph'i-li-zā'tion, n.p. 1345Saturation of the system by inoculation with syphilis. Dunglison.
  22. Sŷph'i-lize, v. t.p. 1345To inoculate with syphilis.
  23. Sŷph'i-loid, a.p. 1345Resembling syphilis.
  24. Sȳ'phon, n.p. 1345The same as SIPHON. See SIPHON.
  25. Sȳ'ren, n.p. 1345The same as SIREN. See SIREN.
  26. Sŷr'a-cūse, n.p. 1345A luscious, red, muscadine wine made in Italy. Simmonds.
  27. Sŷr'i-ăc, n.p. 1345The language of Syria; especially, the ancient language of that country.
  28. Sŷr'i-ac, a.p. 1345(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac version of the Pentateuch; the Syriac Bible.
  29. Sŷr'i-a-çīsm or Sŷ-rī'a-çīsm, n.p. 1345A Syrian idiom. Milton.
  30. Sŷr'i-an, a.p. 1345(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Syria; Syriac.
  31. Sŷr'i-an, n.p. 1345(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Syria.
  32. Sŷr'i·an-īsm, n.p. 1345A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity in the Syrian language; a Syriacism. Paley.
  33. Sŷr'i-ăsm, n.p. 1345A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism; a Syriacism. [Rare.] Stuart. The Scripture Greek is observed to be full of Syriasms and Hebraisms. Warburton.
  34. Sy-rĭn'gă, n.p. 1345(Bot.) A genus of plants; the lilac. ☞— The mock orange is popularly so called because its stems were formerly used as pipe-stems.
  35. Sŷr'inge, n.p. 1345An instrument consisting usually of a tube terminating in a small orifice, and filled, by the action of a piston, with a liquid, which is first drawn in and then expelled in a stream, as for…
  36. Sŷr'inge, v. t.p. 1345To inject by means of a syringe. 2. To wash and cleanse by injections from a syringe.
  37. Sy-rin’go-tōme, n.p. 1345(Surg.) A kind of bistoury formerly used in the operation of cutting for the fistula. Dunglison.
  38. Sŷr'in-gōt'o-my, n.p. 1345(Surg.) The operation of cutting for the fistula.
  39. Sȳr'ingx, n.p. 1345(Mus.) A wind instrument made of reeds tied together;—called also pandean pipes. Moore.
  40. Syr'ma, n.p. 1345(Antiq.) A long dress, reaching to the floor, worn by tragic actors.
  41. Syrt, n.p. 1345A quicksand; a bog. [Rare.] Young.
  42. Syr'tic, a.p. 1345Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a syrt, or quicksand. [Rare.] Ed. Rev.
  43. Syr'tis, n.p. 1345A quicksand. Quenched in a boggy syrtis; neither sea Nor good dry land. Milton.
  44. Syr'up, n.p. 1345See SIRUP, the preferable, but perhaps less usual, orthography.
  45. Sŷs'sar-eō'sis, n.p. 1345(Anat.) The junction of bones by intervening muscles. Brande.
  46. Sys-tăl'tic, a.p. 1345(Physiol.) Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart.
  47. Sŷs'ta-sĭs, n.p. 1345The consistence of a thing; constitution. [Very rare.] Burke.
  48. Sŷs'tem, n.p. 1345An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a…
  49. Sŷs'tem-ăt'ic or Sŷs'tem-ăt'ic-al, a.p. 1345Of, or pertaining to, system; consisting in system; methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as, a systematic…
  50. Sȳs'tem-ăt'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 1345In a systematical manner; in the form of a system; methodically.
  51. Sŷs'tem-a-tĭsm, n.p. 1345A method according to which every fact of a science is collected round an opinion or idea, true or false; reduction of facts or principles to a system. Dunglison.
  52. Sŷs'tem-a-tist, n.p. 1345One who forms a system, or reduces to system.
  53. Sŷs'tem-a-tize, v. t.p. 1345To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically; as, to systematize plants or fossils. Diseases were healed, and buildings erected, before medicine and architecture were systematized…
  54. Sŷs'tem-a-tīz'er, n.p. 1345One who systematizes, or reduces things to system. Aristotle may be called the systematizer of his master's doctrines. Harris.
  55. Sŷs'tem-a-tŏl'o-ǵy, n.p. 1345The doctrine, or a treatise, of systems. Dunglison.
  56. Sys-tēm'ic, a.p. 1345Of, or relating to, a system. 2. (Pathol.) Belonging to the body as a whole; common to a general system; as, systemic circulation.
  57. Sŷs'tem-i-zā'tion, n.p. 1345The act or operation of systemizing; the reduction of things to system, or regular method.
  58. Sŷs'tem-īze, v. t.p. 1345To reduce to system; to systematize.
  59. Sȳs'tem-īz'er, n.p. 1345One who systemizes, or reduces to system; a systematizer.
  60. Sŷs'tem-less, a.p. 1345Without system. 2. (Bat. & Zoöl.) Without a distinct expression of either of the four systems of structure characterizing organic nature, that is, the radiate in the vegetable kingdom, and the…