Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Syndicate \Syn"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-cated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {-cating}.]
   1. To combine or form into, or manage as, a syndicate.

   2. To acquire or control for or by, or to subject to the
      management of, a syndicate; as, syndicated newspapers.

Syndicate \Syn"di*cate\, v. i.
   To unite to form a syndicate.

Syndicate \Syn"di*cate\, n. [Cf. F. syndicat, LL. syndicatus.]
   1. The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body
      of syndics. --Bp. Burnet.

   2. An association of persons officially authorized to
      undertake some duty or to negotiate some business; also,
      an association of persons who combine to carry out, on
      their own account, a financial or industrial project; as,
      a syndicate of bankers formed to take up and dispose of an
      entire issue of government bonds.

Syndicate \Syn"di*cate\, v. t. [LL. syndicatus, p. p. of
   syndicare to censure.]
   To judge; to censure. [Obs.]

Source : WordNet®

syndicate
     n 1: a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized
          criminal activities [syn: {crime syndicate}, {mob}, {family}]
     2: an association of companies for some definite purpose [syn:
        {consortium}, {pool}]
     3: a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs
        etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication
     v 1: join together into a syndicate; "The banks syndicated"
     2: organize into or form a syndicate
     3: sell articles, television programs, or photos to several
        publications or independent broadcasting stations