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Webster 1913 Edition

Summary

Sum′ma-ry

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
sommaire
. See
Sum
.]
1.
Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious;
as, a
summary
statement of facts
.
2.
Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed;
as, a
summary
process; to take
summary
vengeance
.
Syn. – Short; brief; concise; compendious; succinct.

Sum′ma-ry

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Summaries
(#)
.
[F.
sommaire
, or L.
summarium
. See
Summary
,
Adj.
]
A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.

Webster 1828 Edition

Summary

SUM'MARY

,
Adj.
[L. summa.] Reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as a summary statement of arguments or objections; a summary proceeding or process.

SUM'MARY

,
Noun.
An abridged account; an abstract, abridgment or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account; as the comprehensive summary of our duty to God in the first table of the law.

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