Syn"tax (?), n. [L. syntaxis, Gr. &?;, fr.
&?; to put together in order; sy`n with + &?; to put in order; cf. F. syntaxe. See Syn-, and Tactics.]
1. Connected system or order; union of things; a number of
things jointed together;
organism. [Obs.]
They owe no other dependence to the first
than what is common to
the whole syntax of beings.
Glanvill. 2. That
part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences;
the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations,
according to established usage in any
language.
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