Cŏm'pend, n.

n. [Lat. compendium, that which is weighed, saved, shortened, a short way, from compendere, from com and pendere, to weigh.] A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome. “A compend and recapitulation of the Mosaic law.” Bp. Burnet.