SYNAGOGUE
SYNAGOGUE, noun syn'agog. [Gr. together, and to drive; properly an assembly.]1. A congregation or assembly of Jews, met for the purpose of worship or the performance of religiou...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SYNAGRIS
SYN'AGRIS, noun A fish caught in the Archipelago, resembling the dentex. It has a sharp back, and is reckoned a species of Sparus.
SYNALEPHA
SYNALE'PHA, noun [Gr.] In grammar, 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 ill...
SYNARCHY
SYN'ARCHY, noun [Gr.] Joint rule or sovereignty.
SYNARESIS
SYNAR'ESISSYNAR'ESY, noun [Gr.] Contraction; the shortening of a word by the omission of a letter, as ne'er for never.
SYNARESY
SYNAR'ESY, n. [Gr.] Contraction; the shortening of a word by the omission of a letter, as ne'er for never.
SYNARTHROSIS
SYNARTHRO'SIS, noun [Gr. with, and to articulate.] Union of bones without motion; close union; as in sutures, symphysis and the like.
SYNAXIS
SYNAX'IS, noun [Gr. to congregate.] A congregation; also, a term formerly used for the Lord's supper.
SYNCHONDROSIS
SYNCHONDRO'SIS, noun [Gr. cartilage.] The connection of bones by means of cartilage or gristle.
SYNCHRONAL
SYN'CHRONAL, adjective [Gr. with, and time.] Happening at the same time; simultaneous.SYN'CHRONAL, noun [supra.] That which happens at the same time with something else, or pert...
SYNCHRONICAL
SYNCHRON'ICAL, adjective [See Synchronism.] Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
SYNCHRONISM
SYN'CHRONISM, noun [Gr. with, and time.] Concurrence of two or more events in time; simultaneousness.
SYNCHRONIZE
SYN'CHRONIZE, verb intransitive [supra.] To agree in time; to be simultaneous.
SYNCHRONOUS
SYN'CHRONOUS, adjective Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
SYNCHRONOUSLY
SYN'CHRONOUSLY, adverb [supra.] At the same time.
SYNCOPATE
SYN'COPATE, verb transitive [See Syncope.] To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle.1. In music, to prolong a note begun on the unaccen...
SYNCOPATED
SYN'COPATED, participle passive Contracted by the loss of a letter from the middle of the word.1. Inverted, as the measure in music.
SYNCOPATION
SYNCOPA'TION, noun The contraction of a word by taking a letter, letters or a syllable from the middle.1. In music, an interruption of the regular measure; an inversion of the o...
SYNCOPE
SYN'COPESYN'COPIST, noun One who contracts words.
SYNCOPIST
SYN'COPIST, n. One who contracts words.
SYNCOPIZE
SYN'COPIZE, verb transitive To contract by the omission of a letter or syllable.
SYNCOPY
SYN'COPY, noun [Gr. to cut off.]1. In music, the same as syncopation; the division of a note introduced when two or more notes of one part answer to a single note of another.2. ...
SYNDIC
SYN'DIC, noun [Latin syndicus; Gr. with, and justice.] An officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; a kind of magistrate entrusted with the a...
SYNDICATE
SYN'DICATE, noun In some countries on the European continent, a council; a branch of government.SYN'DICATE, verb transitive To judge, or to censure.
SYNDROME
SYN'DROMESYN'DROMY, noun [Gr. a running together.]1. Concurrence.2. In medicine, the concourse or combination of symptoms in a disease.
SYNDROMY
SYN'DROMY, n. [Gr. a running together.]1. Concurrence.2. In medicine, the concourse or combination of symptoms in a disease.
SYNECDOCHE
SYNEC'DOCHESYNECDOCH'ICAL, adjective Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche