Syllable

sill a-bl, n. An elementary sound, or com- bin at i on of elementary sounds, uttered together, or at a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word; in writing and printing, a part of a word separated from the rest, and capable of being pronounced by a single impulse of the voice; a small part of a sentence or discourse; a particle. [OF. siltabe, later syllable, L. syU lab a, Gr. sullabe, that which holds together, so much of a word as forms one sound, fr. sun (orig. xun, prob. for kun = L. cum, with; cf. Gr. koinos = L. communis = E. common), together, and lambanem, to take, seize.] — Syllabic, -ical, a. Pert, to, or consisting of, a syllable or syllables. — Syllablcally, adv. — Syllabicate, -Y-kat,'r. To form into syllables, syllabify.— Syllab'ica'tion, Syllabification, n. Act or method of dividing word:, into svllables. — Syllabify, v.t. [-fied (-lid), -fying.] To form or divide into syllables. — Syllabus, n. E. pi. -buses; L. pi. -bi. A compendium containing the heads of a discourse; an abstract. [LateL.] — Syllep's is, n. (Rhet.) The use of words in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time. (Gram.) The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of 2 nouns, with either of which might agree in gender, number, etc. [L. and Gr.] — Syllep'tic, -tical, a. Of, pert, to, or containing, syllepsis. Syllabub. Same as Sillabub. Syllogism, sillo-jizm, (Logic.) The regular logical form of every argument, consisting of 3 proposieve. tSrm In, ice Odd, tone, or 611 SYLPH 591 tions, of which the 2 are called the premises, and the last the conclusion. [ME. and OF. siloaiine, L. syllogism us, Gr. sullogismos, a reckoning together, reasoning, sullogizesthai. to reckon together, sum up, reason, sun and logizesthai, to reckon, logos, a word, reason.] — Syllcgis'tic. -tical. -jis'tik-ul, a. Of, or pert. to. a syllogism; consisting of a?vlIogism, or of the form of "reasoning by syllogisms. — Syllogis'tically, adv. In the form of a syllogism by means ot svllogisms. — Syllogize, "[-gized (-jlzd;, -gizi.ng.] To reason by syllogism-. Syiph, ». An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy; a slender, graceful woman. [F. sylphe, a sylph, Gr. sQphe, a grub, beetle, moth.]i— Sylphld, n. A sylph: young sylph. [F. sulphide.]