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polysynthesis


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Polysynthesis  \Pol`y*syn"the*sis\,  n.  [Poly-  +  synthesis.] 
  1.  The  act  or  process  of  combining  many  separate  elements 
  into  a  whole. 
 
  2.  (Philol.)  The  formation  of  a  word  by  the  combination  of 
  several  simple  words  as  in  the  aboriginal  languages  of 
  America;  agglutination.  --Latham.