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Webster 1913 Edition

Synopsis

Syn-op′sis

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Synopses
(#)
.
[L., from Gr. [GREEK];
σύν
with, together + [GREEK] a sight, view, from the root seen in E.
optic
.]
A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.
That the reader may see in one view the exactness of the method, as well as force of the argument, I shall here draw up a short
synopsis
of this epistle.
Bp. Warburton.
Syn. – Abridgment; compendium; epitome; abstract; summary; syllabus; conspectus. See
Abridgment
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Synopsis

SYNOP'SIS

,
Noun.
[Gr. with, and view.] A general view, or a collection of things or parts so arranged as to exhibit the whole or the principal parts in a general view.

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