synthetize

[ sin-thi-tahyz ]

verb (used with or without object)

, syn·the·tized, syn·the·tiz·ing.

1. to synthesize.

Other Words From

• synthe·ti·zation noun
• synthe·tizer noun
• re·synthe·tize verb (used with object) resynthetized resynthetizing

Word History and Origins

Origin of synthetize¹

1820–30; < Greek synthetízesthai; synthetic, -ize

Example Sentences

Roth and credited co-screenwriter Joe Crombie fail to effectively synthetize the game’s lore and the characters’ individual histories in a way that can entice the uninitiated.

From Los Angeles Times

"In the future, we might be able to synthetize a molecule using the new nanoscale electromotor, or we can use it to as an element of a bigger molecular factory, where things are moved around. Or we could imagine it as a vehicle for soft propulsion, where synthetic systems can go into a blood stream and probe molecules or cells one at a time," Aksimentiev said.

From Science Daily

Photosynthesis is the process whereby chlorophyll-containing plants, in the presence of sunlight, synthetize organic compounds from water and carbon dioxide.

From Project Gutenberg

"Heterotrophic plants" must, of necessity, get food, either directly or indirectly, from some other plant which can synthetize synergic foods or, in a few cases, from animal organic matter.

From Project Gutenberg

It is conceivable, of course, that if the latter object of these studies should ever be reached, it might be possible to synthetize enzymes artificially, and so to develop a means for the artificial duplication of the synthesis of organic compounds with the same velocity that this is done in the plant cells.

From Project Gutenberg