prefix, repr. Gr. συμ-, assimilated form of συν-, SYN-, before labials (β, μ, τ, φ, ψ), hence in words of Greek derivation in Latin and modern languages before b, m, p. Symmorphic, a. nonce-wd. [f. Gr. σύμμορφος (μορφή form) + -IC], having the same or a like form; conformed; so Symmorphism, likeness of form, condition of being conformed. Sympalmograph [Gr. παλμός vibration: see -GRAPH], an apparatus for exhibiting the combination of vibrations, consisting of a double pendulum the two parts of which can be caused to vibrate in different directions and at varying rates, with a style attached so as to trace the resulting curves on a prepared surface. Sympatetic, nonce-wd. [after PERIPATETIC], a fellow-walker, a companion in a walk. Sympatric, a. Biol. [G. πάτρα fatherland: see -IC], applied to species of animals or plants native in the same region; so Sympatry, the fact of being sympatric. Sympelmous, a. Ornith. (also erron. syn-) [Gr. πέλμα sole of the foot: see -OUS], having the tendons of the deep flexors of the toes united before separating to each of the four digits. Symperitoneal, a. (see quot.). Sympetalous, a. Bot., having the petals united; gamopetalous. Symphilism, Biol. [f. Gr. συμφιλεῖν to love mutually + -ISM], term for a kind of friendly symbiosis or commensalism existing between ants or termites and certain other insects which they feed and tend as guests, and which in some cases yield a sweet substance as food for them; also Symphily [ad. Gr. συμφιλία]; hence Symphilous a., characterized by symphily. Symphonesis, Philol. [Gr. φώνησις PHONESIS; cf. Gr. συμφώνησις agreement] (see quot. and DING-DONG C. 1). Symphonetic, a. [Gr. φωνητικός PHONETIC], (a) Mus. consisting of parts in harmony; polyphonic; (b) Philol. exhibiting symphonesis. Symphrase, Gram., a word consisting of a phrase or number of words run into one. Symphrattic, a. Geol. [irreg. f. Gr. συμφρἀττειν to press together + -IC], produced by pressure, as regionally metamorphosed rocks; so Symphrattism, metamorphism caused by pressure. Symphronistic a. nonce-wd. [f. Gr. συμφρονεῖν to be of one mind; after synchronistic], involving coincidence or identity of thought; embodying the same ideas. Symphyllous, a. Bot. [Gr. φύλλον leaf: see -OUS], having the perianth-leaves united; gamophyllous. ǁ Sympneuma, pl. -ata [Gr. πνεῦμα spirit], a supposed companion spirit, or spiritual bride or bridegroom; hence Sympneumatic a., of or pertaining to a ‘sympneuma’; so Sympneumatism, the theory of ‘sympneumata’; also, agreement in ‘spirit,’ disposition, or mental attitude. Sympolar, a. Geom., reciprocally polar: said of a pair of polyhedra so related that every face of each corresponds to a summit of the other. Sympolity [Gr. συμπολίτης fellow-citizen, after POLITY], mutual relation of, or a body of, fellow-citizens. † Sympresbyter obs. (also erron. syn-) [ad. Gr. συμπρεσβύτερος (1 Pet. v. 1)], a fellow-presbyter, fellow-elder. Sympsychograph, nonce-wd. [PSYCHOGRAPH], an imaginary composite portrait produced by superposition of images of the same object as conceived by different minds; so Sympsychographer, -graphy.
1851. G. S. Faber, Many Mansions, 103. Our spiritualised human bodies … thus conformed or (as the Greek has it [Philipp. iii. 21]) … made *symmorphic to his spiritualised Body. Ibid. They would neither have this declared *symmorphism, nor … be fitted for a perpetual abode … with the Lord their glorious pattern.
1895. C. E. Benham, in Engineering 26 July, 127 (title), The *Sympalmograph.
1832. Maginn, in Blackw. Mag., XXXII. 413. Without … interrupting … the dialogue of the two venerable *sympatetics.
1904. Poulton, Ess. Evolution (1908), 62. Forms found together in certain geographical areas may be called *Sympatric…. The occurrence of forms together may be termed *Sympatry.
1885. Stand. Nat. Hist., I. (1888), IV. 369. An arrangement to be called *synpelmous, since the two tendons are completely blended…. The synpelmous distribution of the deep plantar tendons obtains especially in the swifts, humming-birds … and their allies.
1898. Syd. Soc. Lex., *Sympelmous.
1903. Dorland, Med. Dict. (ed. 3), *Symperitoneal … uniting two or more parts of the peritoneum artificially.
1877. A. W. Bennett, trans. Thomé’s Bot., 129. The corolla is gamopetalous or *sympetalous (less correctly ‘monopetalous’), when the petals are more or less coherent.
1903. Nature, 12 Feb., 351/1. The phenomenon of *‘symphilism,’ that is to say, the harbouring of insects, &c., of various foreign species in the nests of ants and termites. It is stated that the number of *symphilous arthropods exceeds a hundred.
1899. D. Sharp, in Cambridge Nat. Hist., VI. 183. The relations between ants and their guests … Wasmann … arranges … in four categories: 1, *‘Symphily’ for the true guests, which are fed and tended by the ants, the guests often affording some substance the ants delight in.
1872. A. J. Ellis, Presid. Addr. to Philol. Soc., 13. The Dingdong! theory…; let us call it *symphonesis.
1721. A. Malcolm, Treat. Mus., xi. § 2. 332. A compound Song is where Two or more Voices go together,… so that the Melody each of them makes, is a distinct and different simple Song…; … all such Compositions are very properly called *symphonetick Musick, or Musick in Parts.
1872. A. J. Ellis, Presid. Addr. to Philol. Soc., 15. Is it [sc. the word ‘scrumptious’] interjectional, imitational, or *symphonetic?
1893. Smithsonian Rep., 41. He was able to ascertain and formulate the principles … governing the number, kind, and position of notional stems in *symphrases, or word-sentences.
1904. A. W. Grabau, in Amer. Geol., April, 236, note. Rocks of this type may be called *symphrattic rocks. Ibid., 336. Whether the metamorphism be due … to mountain making processes (regional or dynamo-metamorphism, or *symphrattism).
1828. Carlyle, Germ. Rom., IV. 145. Another series of … occurrences, not so much of a synchronistic, as of a *symphronistic kind.
1877. A. W. Bennett, trans. Thomé’s Bot., 134. The perianth … may be gamophyllous or *symphyllous … on the one hand; or [etc.].
1885. L. Oliphant, Sympneumata, v. 81. United with a *‘Sympneuma’ free from the gross external covering of outer body. Ibid., xii. 179. The electric *sympneumatic life. Ibid., xiii. 201. The conscious notes echoed from the unconscious sympneumatic depths.
1891. Pall Mall G., 9 July, 2/2. The sympneumatism between the Times and the ‘Tories’ Last Hope.’
1892. Daily News, 16 July, 5/2. The young lord who is bitten by ‘Sympneumatism,’ or the theories of Mr. Laurence Oliphant.
1873. B. Gregory, Holy Cath. Ch., xv. 146. There does arise a new *sympolity, a fellow-citizenship of the saints.
1671. Baxter, Power Mag. & Ch. Pastors, ii. § 44. 35. The Major Vote of his *Syn-Presbyters are against it.
a. 1677. Barrow, Serm. Heb. xiii. 17, Wks. 1686, III. 280. The same titles, which the Apostles assumed to themselves, they ascribe to their Sympresbyters.
1896. D. S. Jordan, in Pop. Sci. Monthly, Sept., 601. We are enabled to present a copy of the resultant *sympsychograph. Ibid., 602. One suggestion was that this was the blind spot on the retina in each of the *sympsychographers. Ibid., 601. From seven ideals, sympathetically combined, the true cat would be developed. This combination is the essence of *sympsychography.
