† symphysyn.
Obsolete. rare.
Union or fusion of two bodies or parts of a body.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun]
conjunctionc1374
jointurec1374
juncture1589
conjugation1605
syntax1615
injunction1643
colligation1651
togetherness1656
conjuncture1665
junction1711
symphysy1712
conjointment1814
jointedness1881
symphysis1891
knit1892
1712 tr. H. More Scholia App. Foregoing Antidote 233 in H. More Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 4) The Dæmon..rather seems by temporaneous constriction to keep the parts together, than to join them by any permanent Symphysy.
1712 tr. H. More Scholia App. Foregoing Antidote 234 in H. More Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 4) This..would be so, if the Devil, by a true Symphysy, could co-unite the parts; but if he only holds them together,..the parts of the body are no more coherent than a handful of sand.
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