The result of shortening something; an abbreviated or condensed form, esp. of a text; a summary, an abridgement.

A shortened statement or account which gives only the main or essential points of something, not the details; an abridgement, digest, synopsis…

A summary, a short code of instructions, etc.

An abridged version of a longer text, treatise, etc.; = abridgement, n.

Chiefly Scottish. A condensed account of something; an abridgement; a summary; an abstract. Now Scots Law: a brief notice registering a decree of…

A summary, an abridgement; a compendium.

A brief statement, summary, epitome. ? Obsolete.

A summary; an outline. Obsolete. Cf. French extrait, Italian estratto.

A digested collection of statements or information; a methodically arranged compendium or summary of literary, historical, legal, scientific, or…

A short statement or account of something that is, or might be, more fully treated; an abridgement, epitome, abstract, summary. Obsolete.

A book containing brief summaries or digests of information, topics for preaching, etc. Cf. magazine, n. 6a.

An abbreviated or condensed form of a text, treatment of a subject, etc.; a brief account; an abridgement; a summary. Also figurative: a…

A principle or element of instruction; usually in plural, a digest of the elements of a subject, esp. of jurisprudence. (So in French.) Cf. instit…

An abbreviation or abridgement.

A short account, brief statement; a summary, abridgement, compendium.

A compendium.

transferred. A brief or sententious statement; a formula, motto, maxim; occasionally a summary, synopsis. Obsolete.

The action of gathering together; a summary, an assemblage.

An epitome, a summary, a brief.

A digest or shortened version of a longer text, treatise, etc., esp. produced by omitting the less important passages of the original; an abstract…

The action or process of digesting; methodical disposition or arrangement.

The result of this process, a digested condition; a methodical arrangement; a digest, n. Obsolete.

A summary or condensed account of anything; a compendium of a subject.

An abridged version, an abridgement; †an epitome (obsolete).

The action of comprising; that in which this is embodied; a compendium.

Comprehension, compass; a summary.

? Abridgement, brief statement.

figurative. The essential or central matter of a subject. Also: a compendium, abridgement, or summary. Obsolete.

A great deal in a small space.

An abridgement, compendium, epitome.

In various transferred and figurative uses. A compendium, epitome. Obsolete.

A comprehensive arrangement, summation, summary of any matter. Obsolete.

A collection; a summary.

quasi-concrete. A reduction, an epitome.

A summary; a condensed account or recapitulation.

= compendium, n.

A summing up; a summary.

A gathering together or résumé of facts, events, etc.; esp. (Broadcasting) a summary of news items. Also: a survey; a review.

A summary or résumé, esp. of news; a conclusion.