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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Summary

Sŭm'ma-ry, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. sommaire, Pr. sommari, Sp. sumario, Pg. summario, It. sommario, N. Lat. summarius, from Lat. summa. 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 arguments or objections.
  2. Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process.

Syn. — Short; brief; concise; compendious; succinct.

Sūm'ma-ry, n.

noun

n. [Fr. sommaire, Sp. sumario, Pg. summario, It. sommario, Lat. summarium. See supra.] A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.