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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: combine so as to form a more complex, product; "his operas synthesize music and drama in perfect harmony"; "The liver synthesizes vitamins" [syn: synthesize, synthesise] [ant: analyse, analyze, break down, dissect, take apart]
2: combine and form a synthesis; "Vitamin D only synthesizes when sunlight is available"

Merriam Webster's

verb (-sized; -sizing) Date: 1830 transitive verb 1. to combine or produce by synthesis 2. to make a synthesis of 3. to produce (as music) by an electronic synthesizer intransitive verb to make a synthesis

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (also synthetize, -ise) 1 make a synthesis of. 2 combine into a coherent whole.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Synthesize Syn"the*size, v. t. 1. To combine by synthesis; to unite. 2. To produce by synthesis; as, to synthesize albumin.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(synthesizes, synthesizing, synthesized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'synthesise' 1. To synthesize a substance means to produce it by means of chemical or biological reactions. (TECHNICAL) After extensive research, Albert Hoffman first succeeded in synthesizing the acid in 1938... VERB: V n 2. If you synthesize different ideas, facts, or experiences, you combine them to form a single idea or impression. (FORMAL) The movement synthesised elements of modern art that hadn't been brought together before, such as Cubism and Surrealism. = fuse VERB: V n

Moby Thesaurus

add, amalgamate, analyze, apply reason, arrange, assemble, assimilate, blend, build, build up, coalesce, combine, come together, compose, compound, comprise, connect, consist of, consolidate, constitute, construct, deduce, embody, encompass, enter into, fabricate, flux, form, fuse, generalize, go into, hypothesize, identify, include, incorporate, infer, integrate, intellectualize, interblend, interfuse, join, logicalize, logicize, lump together, made, make, make one, make up, meld, melt into one, merge, merge in, mix, orchestrate, organize, philosophize, piece together, provide a rationale, put together, rationalize, reason, reembody, roll into one, shade into, solidify, structure, syllogize, symphonize, syncretize, syndicate, theorize, unify, unite, unite in, use reason