† syncopizev.
/ˈsɪŋkəpʌɪz/ Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To be affected with syncope; to swoon.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > lose consciousness [verb (intransitive)] > faint or swoon
swotherc1000
swowa1250
swoonc1290
sweltc1330
trance1340
to fall on, in swowa1375
swapc1386
sound1393
dwelea1400
swaya1400
faintc1440
owmawt1440
swalmc1440
sweamc1440
syncopize1490
dwalm?a1513
swarf1513
swound1530
cothe1567
sweb1599
to go away1655
to die away1707
go1768
sink1769
sile1790
to pass out1915
to black out1935
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos vi. 25 Thenne dydo..bare it moche inpacyentli and sorowfully & in suche anguysshe of herte that she swowned, syncopysed, & syghed.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 37 b/2 Fearing least he should grow faynt, or syncopize.
2. transitive. To cut short, ‘clip’, contract, syncopate.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > form words [verb (transitive)] > contract or abbreviate
clip1526
curtail1553
abbreviate1598
contract1605
syncopate1605
syncopize1643
bobtaila1680
elide1831
apocopate1845
1643 T. Trescot Zealous Magistrate 13 Doe not Syncopize..thy words.
1680 G. Dalgarno Didascalocophus 114 A Poetical humor of Syncopizing and contracting their words.
Derivatives
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [noun] > fainting or swooning
swimeOE
swowingc1000
swooningc1290
swoonc1330
soundingc1380
swelteringc1440
sweltingc1460
swalming1487
swounding1570
syncopization1598
fainting1601
lipothymy1603
defection1615
dereliction1647
swebbing1668
swound1880
greyout1942
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 51 b/1 The persone must fall into syncopizatione or fayntnes.
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