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n. the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity; as, they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. & n. [ Scot. lang long + syne since. ] Long since; long ago. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. mnhmosy`nh remembrance, memory, and the goddess of memory. See Mnemonic. ] (Class Myth.) The goddess of memory and the mother of the Muses. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Auld lang syne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ See Since. ] 1. Afterwards; since; ago. [ Obs. or Scot. ] R. of Brunne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Late, -- as opposed to soon. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Each rogue ] shall be discovered either soon or syne. W. Hamilton (Life of Wallace). [ 1913 Webster ]

conj. Since; seeing. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. synecdoche, Gr. synekdochh`, fr. to receive jointly; sy`n with + &unr_; to receive; &unr_; out + &unr_; to receive. ] (Rhet.) A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc. Bain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche. [ 1913 Webster ]

Isis is used for Themesis by a synecdochical kind of speech, or by a poetical liberty, in using one for another. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By synecdoche. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to hold together; sy`n with + &unr_; to hold. ] (Med.) A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to utter together. ] (Gram.) A contraction of two syllables into one; synizesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; sitting with; sy`n with + "e`dra seat.] (Bot.) Growing on the angles of a stem, as the leaves in some species of Selaginella. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + 'ento`s within + gna`qos jaw. ] (Zool.) An order of fishes, resembling the Physoclisti, without spines in the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins. It includes the true flying fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; sy`n with + &unr_; a word. ] (Rhet.) The interjunction, or joining, of words in uttering the clauses of sentences. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a taking or drawing together, fr. &unr_; to take together; sy`n with + &unr_; to take, to grasp. See Syn-, and Heresy. ] (Gram.) The union, or drawing together into one syllable, of two vowels that are ordinarily separated in syllabification; synecphonesis; -- the opposite of diaeresis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Synaeresis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to work together; sy`n with + 'e`rgon work. ] Working together; cooperating; as, synergetic muscles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Synergetic. ] (Theol.) The doctrine or theory, attributed to Melanchthon, that in the regeneration of a human soul there is a cooperation, or joint agency, on the part both of God and of man. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ Cf. F. synergiste. ] 1. One who holds the doctrine of synergism. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A remedy which has an action similar to that of another remedy, and hence increases the efficiency of that remedy when combined with it. [ 1913 Webster ]

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a. 1. Of or pertaining to synergism. “A synergistic view of regeneration.” Shedd. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cooperating; synergetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Synergetic. ] 2. Combined action; especially (Med.), the combined healthy action of every organ of a particular system; as, the digestive synergy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An effect of the interaction of the actions of two agents such that the result of the combined action is greater than expected as a simple additive combination of the two agents acting separately; -- also called synergism.. Opposite to antagonism. [ PJC ]