COMPEND ,
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Short; contracted.
A compendium; an epitome; a summary.
of Compendium
Short; compendious.
To sum or collect together.
To sum or collect together.
1. Short; summary; abridged; comprehensive; containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compas; as a compendious system of chimistry; a compendious grammar.
2. Short; direct; near; not circuitous; as a compendious way to acquire science.
Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.
1. In a short or brief; in epitome.
2. The substance of christian belief is compendiously expressed in a few articles.
In a compendious manner.
Shortness; brevity; comprehension in a narrow compass.
The state or quality of being compendious.
In literature, an abridgment; a summary; an epitome; a brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system.
A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary.
of Compendium
Compendium Roget’s Thesaurus §596
N. compend, compendium, abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo, analysis, pandect, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note, excerpt, synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus, album, scrap book, note book, memorandum book, commonplace book, extracts, excerpta, cuttings, fugitive pieces, fugitive writing, spicilegium, flowers, anthology, collectanea, analecta, compilation, recapitulation, resume, review, abbreviation, abbreviature, contraction, shortening, compression
V. abridge, abstract, epitomize, summarize, make an abstract, prepare an abstract, draw an abstract, compile an abstract, recapitulate, review, skim, run over, sum up, abbreviate, condense, compile
Adv. in short, in epitome, in substance, in few words
Phr. it lies in a nutshell
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