v. Obs. Also 5 -yse. [a. OF. sincopiser intr. to swoon, ad. med.L. syncopizāre, f. syncopē SYNCOPE. Cf. It. sincopizzare, Sp. sincopizar.]
1. intr. To be affected with syncope; to swoon.
1490. Caxton, Eneydos, vi. 25. Thenne dydo … bare it moche inpacyentli and sorowfully & in suche anguysshe of herte that she swowned, syncopysed, & syghed.
1597. A. M., trans. Guillemeau’s Fr. Chirurg., 37 b/2. Fearing least he should grow faynt, or syncopize.
2. trans. To cut short, ‘clip,’ contract, syncopate.
1642. T. Trescot, Zeal. Magist., 13. Doe not Syncopize … thy words.
1680. Dalgarno, Deaf & Dumb Man’s Tutor, 114. A Poetical humor of Syncopizing and contracting their words.
Hence † Syncopization (so obs. F.), condition of ‘syncopizing,’ syncope.
1597. A. M., trans. Guillemeau’s Fr. Chirurg., 51 b/1. The persone must fall into syncopizatione or fayntnes.
