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Webster 1913 Edition

Syntax

Syn′tax

,
Noun.
[L.
syntaxis
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to put together in order;
σύν
with + [GREEK] 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Syntax

SYN'TAX

,
Noun.
[L. syntaxis; Gr. together, and to put.]
1.
In grammar, the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences, according to established usage. Syntax includes concord and regimen, or the agreement and government of words. Words, in every language, have certain connections and relations, as verbs and adjectives with nouns, which relations must be observed in the formation of sentences. A gross violation of the rules of syntax is a solecism.
2.
Connected system or order; union of things. [Not in use.]

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