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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

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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.

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  • DERANGER
    One who deranges.
  • CONFOUNDED
    1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.
  • DIGESTER
    1. One who digests. 2. A medicine or an article of food that aids digestion, or strengthens digestive power. Rice is . . . a great restorer of health, and a great digester. Sir W. Temple. 3. A strong closed vessel, in which bones or other
  • EJECTOR
    A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. Ejector condenser , a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
  • DERANGEMENT
    The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity. Syn. -- Disorder; confusion; embarrassment; irregularity; disturbance; insanity;
  • DERANGED
    Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane. The story of a poor deranged parish lad. Lamb.
  • DIGESTIBLE
    Capable of being digested.
  • EJECTMENT
    A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it. Wharton. (more info) 1. A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of
  • ABSTRACTION
    The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or
  • EPITOME
    1. A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement. epitome of the contents of a very large book. Sydney Smith. 2. A compact or condensed
  • REJECTER
    One who rejects.
  • ABSTRACTEDLY
    In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.
  • COMPENDIUM
    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. A short system or compendium of a sience. I. Watts. Syn.
  • REJECT
    re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. 1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard. Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. Robynson . Reject me not from among
  • ABBREVIATION
    One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers. Moore. (more info) 1. The act of shortening, or reducing. 2. The result of abbreviating; an abridgment. Tylor. 3. The form to
  • DISPLACER
    The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement. (more info) 1. One that displaces.
  • ABRIDGMENT
    1. The act abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses. 2. An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. Ancient
  • DISTURBANCE
    The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like. Blackstone. Syn. -- Tumult; brawl; commotion; turmoil;
  • ABSTRACTITIOUS
    Obtained from plants by distillation. Crabb.
  • ABSTRACTNESS
    The quality of being abstract. "The abstractness of the ideas." Locke.
  • DEJECTION
    1. A casting down; depression. Hallywell. 2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson. 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. What besides,
  • DEJECTORY
    1. Having power, or tending, to cast down. 2. Promoting evacuations by stool. Ferrand.
  • INDIGEST
    Crude; unformed; unorganized; undigested. "A chaos rude and indigest." W. Browne. "Monsters and things indigest." Shak.
  • INDIGESTIBLE
    1. Not digestible; not readily soluble in the digestive juices; not easily convertible into products fitted for absorption. 2. Not digestible in the mind; distressful; intolerable; as, an indigestible simile. T. Warton. -- In`di*gest"i*ble*ness,
  • MICROANALYSIS
    Analysis of the structure of materials from careful observation of photomicrographs.
  • IRREJECTABLE
    That can not be rejected; irresistible. Boyle.

 

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