Syn*ec"do*che (sn*k"d*k), n. [L. synecdoche, Gr. synekdochh`, fr. to
receive jointly; sy`n with + &?; to receive; &?; out + &?; 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.
Syn`ec*doch"ic*al (?), a. Expressed by synecdoche; implying a
synecdoche.
Isis is used for Themesis by a synecdochical kind of speech, or by
a poetical liberty, in using one for another.
Drayton.
Syn`ec*doch"ic*al*ly, adv. By synecdoche.
||Syn*e"chi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to hold together; sy`n
||with + &?; to hold.] (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*ne"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to utter
||together.] (Gram.) A contraction of two syllables into one;
||synizesis.
Syn*e"dral (?), a. [Gr. &?; sitting with; sy`n with + "e`dra seat.]
(Bot.) Growing on the angles of a stem, as the leaves in some species
of Selaginella.
||Syn`en*tog"na*thi (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + 'ento`s
||within + gna`qos jaw.] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes, resembling the
||Physoclisti, without spines in the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins. It
||includes the true flying fishes.
Syn"e*py (?), n. [Gr. &?;; sy`n with + &?; a word.] (Rhet.) The
interjunction, or joining, of words in uttering the clauses of
sentences.
Syn*er"e*sis (?), n. Same as Synæresis.
Syn`er*get"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to work together; sy`n with +
'e`rgon work.] Working together; coöperating; as, synergetic muscles.
Syn"er*gism (?), n. [See Synergetic.] (Theol.) The doctrine or theory,
attributed to Melanchthon, that in the regeneration of a human soul
there is a coöperation, or joint agency, on the part both of God and of
man.
Syn"er*gist (?), n. [Cf. F. synergiste.] 1. One who holds the doctrine
of synergism.
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.
Syn`er*gis"tic (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to synergism. "A synergistic
view of regeneration." Shedd.