synthesize, v.
(ˈsɪnθɪsaɪz)
[f. synthesis + -ize. The correct form is synthetize.]
trans. To make a synthesis of; to put together or combine into a complex whole; to make up by combination of parts or elements. Also absol. (Opposed to analyse.)
| 1830 Fraser's Mag. II. 393 To analyze is a far easier task than to synthesize. 1851 Mrs. Browning Casa Guidi Wind. i. 813 Soon this leader..will..build the golden pipes and synthesize This people-organ for a holy strain. 1873 Symonds Grk. Poets i. 9 That Homer had no predecessors,..no well-digested body of myths to synthesize, is an absurd hypothesis. 1874 Mivart in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 793 A Philosophy which as a complement unites in one all other systems, will harmonize with a Religion which as a complement synthesises all other Religions. 1889 ― Truth 157 Movements may be synthesized without our will. |
b. Chem. To produce (a compound, esp. an organic compound) by synthesis.
| 1865 [see synthesized below]. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 316 The kidney is capable of synthesising complex organic substances. |
Hence ˈsynthesized (-aɪzd) ppl. a., ˈsynthesizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1830 Fraser's Mag. II. 393 Experience..is nothing but a continual synthesizing of apprehensions. 1865 Reader 8 July 31 The synthesized acids of the lactic series. 1878 T. Sinclair Mount 30 The synthesising spirit of infinite love in chosen souls alone can create. |