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psych

1  [sahyk]
–verb (used with object) Informal.
1. to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often fol. by out): to psych out the competition.
2. to prepare psychologically to be in the right frame of mind or to give one's best (often fol. by up): to psych oneself up for an interview.
3. to figure out psychologically; decipher (often fol. by out): to psych out a problem.
Use psych in a Sentence
Also, psyche.

Origin:
1915–20 in earlier sense “to subject to psychoanalysis”; orig. a shortening of psychoanalyze; in later use (especially in defs. 1 and 2) perh. independent use of psych-
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psych

2  [sahyk]
–noun Informal.
psychology, esp. as a course or field of study: She took two semesters of psych in college.
Origin:
1890–95; by shortening

psych-

 
var. of psycho- before some vowels: psychasthenia.

psych.

 
1. psychological.
2. psychologist.
3. psychology.

psycho-

 
a combining form representing psyche (psychological) and psychological (psychoanalysis) in compound words.
Also, especially before a vowel, psych-.

Origin:
< Gk, comb. form of psȳch breath, spirit, soul, mind; akin to psȳ́chein to blow (see psykter )
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psych also psyche   (sīk)   
v.   psyched, psych·ing, psyches

v.   tr.

    1. To put into the right psychological frame of mind: The coach psyched the team before the game.

    2. To excite emotionally: The children were psyched to see the circus.

    3. To analyze, solve, or comprehend.

    4. To anticipate or guess the intentions of: "Most others could never approach [his] ability ... to psyche out the opposition's thinking so consistently" (Steven Brill).

  2. To undermine the confidence of by psychological means; intimidate: "Depending on whose personality is stronger, one can more easily psych the other" (Harold C. Schonberg).

    1. To analyze, solve, or comprehend.

    2. To anticipate or guess the intentions of: "Most others could never approach [his] ability ... to psyche out the opposition's thinking so consistently" (Steven Brill).

  4. Informal To analyze and treat by psychoanalysis.

v.   intr.
To become confused or mentally deranged.
n.   psych
Psychology.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

psych 
short for psychology in various senses; as an academic study, in student slang by 1895. The verb is generally negative when used transitively, positive when intransitive; first attested (also psych out) 1934 as "to outsmart," from 1963 as "to unnerve." However to psych (oneself) up is from 1972; to be psyched up is attested from 1968.

psycho- 
comb. form meaning "mind, mental," from Gk. psykho-, combining form of psykhe (see psyche).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: psych
Function: abbreviation
psychology
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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psych- pref.
Variant of psycho-.

psycho- or psych-
pref.

  1. Mind; mental: psychogenic.

  2. Mental activities or processes: psychomotor.

  3. Psychology; psychological: psychosocial.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
psych
psychoanalyze
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