(~s, synthesizing, ~d)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'synthesise'
1.
To ~ a substance means to produce it by means of chemical or biological reactions. (TECHNICAL)
After extensive research, Albert Hoffman first succeeded in synthesizing the acid in 1938...
VERB: V n
2.
If you ~ different ideas, facts, or experiences, you combine them to form a single idea or impression. (FORMAL)
The movement synthesised elements of modern art that hadn’t been brought together before, such as Cubism and Surrealism.
= fuse
VERB: V n