Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SY-NAR'E-SIS, or SY-NAR'E-SY
SY-NAR'E-SIS, or SY-NAR'E-SY, n. [Gr. συναιρεσις.]
Contraction; the shortening of a word by the omission of a letter, as ne'er for never. – Addison.
Return to page 359 of the letter “S”.