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synopsis|sɪˈnɒpsɪs|
Pl. synopses |-siːz|.
[a. late L. synopsis (whence It. sinossi, Sp. sinopsis, Pg. synopsis), a. Gr. σύνοψις general view, f. σύν syn-1 + ὄψις view (cf. συνορᾶν to see altogether).]
1. A brief or condensed statement presenting a combined or general view of something; a table, or set of paragraphs or headings, so arranged as to exhibit all the parts or divisions of a subject or work at one view; a conspectus.
1611Coryat Crudities 432 He hath written a synopsis of the history of man. 1644Milton Areop. (Arb.) 64 The infinit helps of interlinearies, breviaries, synopses, and other loitering gear. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. Pref. 6 We shall exhibit to the reader's view a brief and general synopsis of the whole following work. 1692Ray in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 199, I am now upon a methodical Synopsis of all British Animals except Insects. 1771Burke Corr. (1844) I. 262, I have now gone minutely through your last tour, and the synopsis, with which you have..closed it. 1844Sir R. Griffith (title) A Synopsis of the Characters of the Carboniferous Limestone Fossils of Ireland. 1856N. Brit. Rev. XXVI. 17 A considerable portion of this Essay consists of summary statements, or abridged recitals of the staple Christian argument... These synopses, or condensed evidences,..are characteristic of Chalmers. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 221/2 Below we give a synopsis of the foregoing, that the painter may have a concise view of the entire process.
transf.1652Evelyn St. France Misc. Writ. (1805) 50 The Netherlands..which is a perfect encycle and synopsis of whatever one may see elsewhere in all the other countryes of Europe.
2. A general view or prospect, as of a landscape. rare.
1844J. Cowell Thirty Yrs. passed among Players i. xxi. 51/2 Snuffed two tallow-candles, and took a synopsis of the floating apartment. 1881Baddeley Highl. Scot. 68 The Knock of Crieff..commands a synopsis of all that is beautiful around.
3. Eastern Ch. A book of prayers for the use of the laity (see quot.).
1850Neale East. Church, Gen. Introd. iv. iii. 890, I hardly can reckon..The Synopsis, as Office-Books. These are mere compilations..of such prayers as are most likely to be needed in the attendance on the Divine Offices.
Hence syˈnopsize |-saɪz| v. trans. (orig. U.S.), to make a synopsis of, to epitomize.
1882Advance (Chicago) 27 July, Now as for our faith. You have synopsized it. 1890Harper's Mag. Nov. 965/2 The chapter..which we have been here synopsizing. 1959J. Gill Council of Florence p. xv, Very many long speeches occur in the main sources, which I have synopsised. 1974Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Sept. 1018/5 The ‘avowal’ here is..that of the editors of the volume, in a short preface in which they attempt to synopsize its contents. 1982Daily Tel. 6 Feb. 11/4 Plot is the very least of Hardy. If you were to synopsise the events of this early novel..you would be a laughing-stock. |