{ Syn*thet"ic (?), Syn*thet"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F.
synthétique.] 1. Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis
or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to
analytical.
Philosophers hasten too much from the analytic to the synthetic
method; that is, they draw general conclusions from too small a
number of particular observations and experiments.
Bolingbroke.