Hypertext Webster Gateway: "precis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pr'ecis \Pr['e]`cis"\ (pr[asl]`s[=e]"), n. [F. See {Precise}.]
A concise or abridged statement or view; an abstract; a
summary.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
precis
n : a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or
theory [syn: {outline}, {synopsis}, {abstract}, {adumbration}]
v : make a precis (of)
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