synthesize

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   combine so as to form a more complex, product

   My operas synthesize music and drama in perfect harmony.

2. 2
   verb

   combine and form a synthesis

   Vitamin D only synthesizes when sunlight is available.

3. 3
   verb

   To combine two or more things to produce a new product.

   Synthesize data.

4. 4
   verb

   To produce a substance by chemical synthesis.

   The lab was able to synthesize a new compound.

From synthesis + -ize. First attested in 1830.

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