Leaning on or against something else.SpecificallyIn grammar, subjoined and accentually dependent: said of a word or particle which in regard to accent forms a part of a preceding word and is treated as if one with it, or gives up its separate accent, sometimes affecting that of its predecessor.In obstetrics, opposed to synclitic (which see).n. In grammar, a word accentually connected with a preceding word, as que (and) in Latin: arma virumque, arms and the man.