( a. )
A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.
( a. )
A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012