[syn.apse] n [NL synapsis, fr. Gk, juncture, fr. synaptein to fasten together, fr. syn- + haptein to fasten] (1899): the point at which a nervous impulse passes from one neuron to another
[2]synapse vi syn.apsed ; syn.aps.ing (1910) 1: to form a synapse
2: to come together in synapsis