synacmy

[Gr. synakmazō=to blo om at the same time: syn together, and akmazō =to be in full bloom.] [ACME.] Bot.: Mr. Alfred Bennett's name for Homogamy (q. v.). Called by Hildebrand Non dichogamy. syn-ær-e-sis (ær as ër), *sin-ër-e-sis, subst . [Lat. synæres is, from Gr. syn a ires is = a taking together: syn with, together, and hairesis =a tak ing; haireō -to take.] Gram.: The contraction of two syllables or vowels into one by the suppre ion of one of the syllables or the formation of a diphthong; as, ne'er for never . *sỹn-a-gog-al, a. (English synagogue ); -al .] Synagogical. syn-a-gog-ic-al, adj. [Mid. Eng. synagog ( e )= a synagogue (q.v.); Eng. adj. suff. -ical.] Pertaining or or relating to a synagogue.