[syn.op.sis] n, pl -op.ses [LL, fr. Gk, lit., comprehensive view, fr. synopsesthai to be going to see together, fr. syn- + opsesthai to be going to see--more at optic] (1611) 1: a condensed statement or outline (as of a narrative or treatise): abstract
2: the abbreviated conjugation of a verb in one person only