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A contraction of two syllables into one; synizesis.

A writing signed by both or all the parties to a contract or bond.

A contraction of two syllables into one; synecphonesis.

The art or process of making a compound by putting the ingredients together, as contrasted with analysis; thus, water is made by synthesis from hydrogen and oxygen; hence, specifically, the building up of complex compounds by special reactions, whereby their component radicals are so grouped that the resulting substanc…

Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart.

The contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up; -- correlative to diastole.

Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp., ralating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur. Dunglison.

objection. -- Tac"it*ly, adv. The tacit and secret theft of abusing our brother in civil contracts. Jer. Taylor.

A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease. Burrill.

p. p. of Ta, to take, or a contraction of Taken. [Poetic & Scot.] Burns.

encompass or embrace; to comprise; to comprehend. (c) To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to brail or furl; as, to take in sail. (d) To cheat; to circumvent; to gull; to deceive. [Colloq.] (e) To admit; to receive; as, a leaky vessel will take in water. (f) To win by conquest. [Obs.] For now Troy's broad-waye…

Contract work. [R.] Knight.

m; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with tellurous compounds; as, telluric acid, which is analogous to sulphuric acid. Telluric bismuth (Min.), tetradymite. -- Telluric silver (Min.), hessite.

um; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with telluric compounds; as, tellurous acid, which is analogous to sulphurous acid.

acceptance; as, a tender of a loan, of service, or of friendship; a tender of a bid for a contract. A free, unlimited tender of the gospel. South.

art; a sinew. Tendon reflex (Physiol.), a kind of reflex act in which a muscle is made to contract by a blow upon its tendon. Its absence is generally a sign of disease. See Knee jerk, under Knee.

plant by which it becomes attached to a supporting body, after which the tendril usually contracts by coiling spirally.

Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction. A tensive pain from distension of the parts. Floyer.

Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.

ce, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston. Shak.