The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Syndicate \Syn"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. syndicated; p.
   pr. & vb. n. syndicating.]
   1. To combine or form into, or manage as, a syndicate.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. To acquire or control for or by, or to subject to the
      management of, a syndicate; as, syndicated newspapers.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   3. (Journalism) to purchase various journalistic items, such
      as articles, columns, or comic strips, from their
      individual creators, and resell them to numerous
      periodicals for simultaneous publication over a wide area;
      a syndicated columnist.
      [PJC]